iPhone 11 Bluetooth issues

My iPhone 11 Pro Max will not pair with my older, 2005 Mercedes, However my iPhone 6 and 10 paired fine. To avoid a $300 distracted driving ticket I have to use my iPhone 6 and am now paying $30 month to have 2 phones, one iPhone 6 especially for my Mercedes. This is dangerous Apple! ..... not having your new phone paired When driving PLEASE fix ASAP shame on you Apple

Apple please do something when so many people have issue with your premium latest iphones 11 versions, its not ios issue as earlier phones iphone 6S and 5SE work fine with me.

Apple are you listening or want to loose your brand loyal customers?

I am about ready to lose my mind!! I have had the iPhone 11 since they came out. Since my new phone, I have been unable to connect to my factory (Uconnect) radio, in my 2016 Rubicon Jeep. MORE then frustrated at this point!! I have spoken to Uconnect reps, in which I got hung up on!! She told me its an apple update that has to happen before my device will be recognized! Apple is telling me it sounds like a Uconnect issue and my dealership has no idea! They say we'll just have to wait for an update and see!

NOT HAPPY!!

ANY help on this issue would be GREATLY appreciated!!

I’ve now got my Bolt recognizing my iPhone 11 Pro, but I can’t use the voice activation. If I start it on my iPhone I hear the response through my car. To make a call I must start it on my phone and then it’s connected. I can receive calls. Apple says it’s Bolt and Bolt says it’s Apple.

From what I've read so far it seems like I might have made it farther than anyone else here. I've been working with Apple engineers off and on for the last 3-4 months. I've been giving them a list of different devices of what does and doesn't work with my iPhone 11 Pro Max. It started with my Uconnect in my 2014 Dodge Dart, and from there has been a series of headphones, and other devices. I noticed that a majority of them aren't MFi certified, but that doesn't play since the Uconnect system is.

At this point from what I gather, it seems that in the iPhone 11, and I'm not sure if it's just the Pro version or not, Apple used a custom Bluetooth chip created in house by them. This may or may not be tied to the WiFi and the new "U1" chip for localized indoor localization mapping. They might be working on a firmware update for it, but at this time running the beta for 13.4 beta 3 it doesn't look like it's on their radar.

I traded in a perfectly good phone, for this frankly broken phone. I feel ripped off, and frustrated. I can't make phone calls in my car any longer something i've been able to do for the past 20 years. I started using an old iPod for music since my headphones disconnect regularly during runs. The media doesn't seem to know or care about this issue that is literally affecting thousands of people, and no one at Apple is accepting blame. This quite frankly makes me sick.

Bought my iPhone 11pro in October have had nothing but problems with hands free in my Alfa sometimes it connects sometimes it doesn’t then when it connects it drops of after a few minutes I am sure Apple knows about this problem just bought an Apple Watch series 5 thinking that blue tooth might work better in my car (no) is the answer Apple please help☹️☹️☹️☹️😃

The evidence so far is that Apple is in denial on this issue. The first post in this thread is 6 months old, but this is not the first discussion of the issue. Apple has been stunningly silent on the problem except for a few feeble attempts to claim either that it is not a real problem, or something else is to blame, Disappointing !

I am having this exact same issue. I too traded in a perfectly good iPhone X, to get an iPhone 11 Pro that won't even connect to my truck half the time or when it does connect, eventually drops the connection which leads to making calls while holding the phone.

APPLE...FIX THIS ISSUE! THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD!!!

I spoke with Apple yesterday and reported my Bluetooth issues (my truck, Bluetooth speakers, Apple AirPods, Apple watch, etc.). It does not appear that there is a fix at this time. Does anyone know if this is a hardware issue, or could it possibly be fixed by a software update? Also, do we have any recourse with our cell provider to return the phone for a refund? Thanks.

I know this isn't a "fix" but its a workaround for some. I find that if I'm wearing my apple watch my iPhone 11 pro max will NOT connect to my car. If i don't wear my watch, it connects 90+% of the time.

Same issue with my pro max won’t connect to any Bluetooth device including the newest Powerbeats, update 13.4 came out and installed it today still nothing. Almost 6 months since this first post in the thread and still no viable option to fix. Never had any problem with Bluetooth on my iPhone 8 honestly wish I never switched.

The truth of the matter is that the iPhone 11Pro Max is the worst iPhone that Apple has ever come out with when it comes to Bluetooth and GPS issues!! I’ve tried all of the useless recommendations of reset this, reset that, turn this off and back on again and so on! Nothing works!! These two issues are all over the Internet! Hey Apple, maybe you should test your old outdated featureless iOS system more before you dump it on the public to beta test it for you!!

Spent forever and a day trying to connect to my tv and printer etc by Bluetooth to no avail. BUT I finally discovered that by going to privacy-settings everything was turned on apart from the “garage band” icon. I turned that one on and hey presto my Bluetooth works!! More luck than judgement!! Hope this helps

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