Power surge on car charger

I've had two iPod nano 7th gen essentially die because I've left them connected to a car charger. For example, I used my iPod for for a 12 hour car ride one the same charge. I put it on the car charger when it was about dead(using the apple cable that came with it) and stopped and went into a store. Left it connected went inside (10 minutes tops) came back out and started the car and then noticed it was getting hot and now it won't hold a charge. I have charged it for 3 hours just to get it full and now it will only go 10 minutes before it's dead. Is it likely that when I stated the car, it caused a surge and killed the iPod? Any thoughts? I'll be sending it in to ape after the holiday but I don't want to fry anything else.

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