Playlist won't Autosync

Recently I have had to get a new iPod Touch (2g) from Apple to replace a broken one. Since then everything has worked perfectly. Until yesterday. The iPod decided it was a good idea to just get rid of the Recently Added Playlist. It still appears in iTunes. It is on full autosync and my songs still transfer over fine. I have tried restarting the iPod, and even duplicating the playlist. Neither have worked.
Any solutions short of a restore would be greatly appreciated!

How are songs and playlists added to the iPod? There are generally three ways you can use an iPod with iTunes.
The first is the default where you plug in the iPod and iTunes automatically syncs EVERYTHING in the library to the iPod. This is auto syncing.
The second is like the first, but instead of EVERYTHING, you instead specify specific playlists that you want synced to the iPod. This is Auto syncing of playlists only. Useful for only putting some stuff on the iPod but still letting iTunes do all the work.
And then finally there is manually manage where nothing is automatic and YOU have to both add tracks to the iPod via drag and drop and also remove tracks by selecting them on the iPod and hitting the delete key.
Regards,
Patrick

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