iPhone 13 keeps disconnecting from car bluetooth

Apparently Apple is unable or unwilling to resolve this issue. They’ve lost me as a customer. My next phone will not be an Apple. Do they really care if they loose my $1300 with a $3 Billion valuation? Seems they care very little about the retail consumer.

I happened upon this thread, searching for solutions to similar problems. I have an iphone 13 pro max, ios 15.2, and the bluetooth will not connect, at all, to anything: my apple watch, echo, or my 2020 Toyota car play. It's extremely frustrating! I've tried everything suggested, and nothing. The phone searches for devices but never finds them.

I’ve had nothing but Bluetooth problems with my iPhone 13 pro max. Have tried everything. Doesn’t connect to Apple Watch and doesn’t connect to hands free in my 2010 Honda Pilot. Very frustrating!!!’

This is the most promising response I've seen. I also have an '18 Taco, and recently switched from Samsung to Apple. I assumed bluetooth calling would be as solid on the iPhone 13 as on the Samsung - but shortly started to experience the same problems being reported here. (Isn't it interesting that most of the posters have Toyota's or Volvo's - has to be something to that).

Anyhow your post about removing / reinstalling entune, and (hopefully) being prompted to update the vehicle app makes perfect sense. Will try that, along with removing any other BT connections that may be stored on the vehicle. Will post my results - thank you!

Apple is about to loose hundreds of thousands customers if they can fix this issue. It’s ridiculous that a trillion dollar + company with virtually unlimited resources can’t fix a problem with a device they designed.

Let see what Apple can do for you tomorrow, I doubt it will help , I bet it is same thing with me , reset phone and problems still exit. I did everything to fix this problem same as everybody in this forums.

Exact same problem for me. I’ve been to Toyota replaced head unit with no luck. I’ve researched aftermarket stereo, , it dose not look promising. Not to mention the cost to replace could easily be 1500.

I’m truly disgusted with apples lack of support.

I now have a phone that will not pair, I cannot make calls legally in my state.

I have this issue too with my 2017 Toyota Highlander and the iPhone 13 Pro Max. Every time I get in the car, it will not connect to Bluetooth automatically and I have to go through a laborious process of turning off the Bluetooth, turning it back on, and going through the car's menu to sync it again. It then will connect but it drops at least 1x during my 15 minute commute every day-- whether I'm on a call or listening to Spotify. I then have to go through the same process all over again. It is so annoying. I have tried turning the phone off and on again too.

I am interested in your saying a case on the device could cause an issue. Why would that be? That caught my attention because I have to take my case off of my phone in order to get it to charge on a wireless charger.

The alarm also does not sound on this phone. Lots of annoying problems. I'm very close to downgrading to a 12.

I agree with mahcolo and others. Bluetooth connection is now working, but it is frequently disconnecting at the end of a call. Admittedly this is better than disconnecting during a call, but can this also be fixed? Yesterday I placed a call, had a 15 minute conversation, then went to disconnect the call. It wouldn't disconnect. But looking at the phone it was already disconnected. So at the vehicle I attempted to place another call, which resulted in the message that the bluetooth connection was lost. Easy enough to select the pairing and reconnect.

I also agree that Apple support do not seem to acknowledge this being an issue. Each time I call, they insist on starting at ground 0. "Did you reboot your phone? When did the problem start?" etc. They scheduled a callback, which never happened. (Then I logged in, and saw that support session vanished). Followed by a survey asking about my support experience - Hah!! I am really surprised there don't seem to be any Apple experts following this forum as other vendors do in their forums.

Just my observations. Not loving Apple so far.

Never had this issue until upgrade to 15.3 !

iphone 13 with BMW Just randomly loses Bluetooth connection to car. Usually when someone is calling or when I am already talking to someone.

It’s not just the call that lost but the actual phone Bluetooth connection to the car. I have to reconnect the car to the phone.

KevinPaul, the last update 15.3 now at least allows me to automatically connect to hands-free when I start the car, I can make or receive a call, then after the call my car/phone disconnect. It doesn't matter who hangs up first. I have to manually reconnect and usually do so through the car (that's easier than fumbling with the phone). Drops connection after every call. I looked in my Bluetooth setting on the iphone 13 and don't have an option to choose "radio" as a type of connection. It only shows My Car as a device. What am I missing?

I am having this same issue with my 17 Outback. CarPlay is not offered on these models. Used to work flawlessly with my iPhone 11, but since I switched to an iPhone 13 Pro it will not recognize my phone to sync. What should I do? Also, phone is updated

I'm having the same BT issues, and yes I have updates to iOS15.3.1, cleared networks setting, deleted connections on both the car and phone..... and I still have the **** problem! Maybe the is Apple new "do not disturb me when I'm driving feature"... The big porblem is when "we" all try to fix this problem while driving. I find it interesting that you and delete connections on both the car and phone and even establish/set a new BT password to connect all while driving. Does everyone else here find that interesting?

I understand software development, and to that point I just wish Apple would recognize this as a BUG. Apple Support could you please respone to the specific issue of BT dropping out - - PLEASE.

My 2018 Mazda3 had BT working great until yesterday when I stopped the car briefly, then it wouldn’t reconnect. I tried forgetting the device, restarting the phone (and car) but now the Mazda won’t even show up in the list.

Tempted to get Carplay installed but it’s $500!

I find it disturbing that it is being suggested to us to upgrade our car’s Bluetooth when it is Apple making the changes. That’s what was suggested to me yesterday after 2 months of dealing with (first) my phone not connecting and then dropped connections, requiring re-pairing.