iphone 13 connect to car

I just had great luck (which actually shocked me) doing this which is from my 2015 CRV owners guide.

1. Press PHONE to go to the Phone screen. If a prompt appears asking to connect to a phone, SELECT NO.
2. SELECT phone Set Up.
3. Select Connection.
4. Select Add a New Phone.
5. Select an empty location for the phone.
6. Make sure your phone is in discovery mode on Blue Tooth. Select OK.
7. Hands Free Link searches for your phone. Select it when it appears on the list.

If your phone does not appear:

Select Phone Not Found and search for Hands Free Link from your phone. Connect to Hands Free Link.

8. Hands Free Link gives you a four digit code. Enter it on your phone when completed.

My phone started talking to me somewhere around #7 and prompted me to do what the book was telling me. I about fell over when it worked. 🤣🤣

I just purchased the iPhone 13, same here, it will not connect to my Honda CR-V 2014.

contacted Apple who in turn contacted Honda, after spending close to 1 hour in a 3 way conversation, they concluded that it is not compatible. I’m returning the phone.

Question to ask Apple before purchasing a phone, should be to find out whether it is compatible with your car or not. Who would have thought!!!!!

very annoying and disappointing!

Hello wphaneuf,

Thank you for posting in the Apple Support Communities. We know that having CarPlay work as expected is important, and we'd like to help.

Trying these steps often resolve unique issues with CarPlay:

If you need help with CarPlay

As well as checking for a firmware update for your Honda, we also suggest checking for an iOS update for your iPhone. The latest iOS version to date is 15.0.2. If an update is available, we strongly recommend making sure you have a back up to iCloud or to a computer.

How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

We hope this information is useful. Kind regards.

Thank you so much. This worked for me, too. It gave me the code, but I did not even need to enter it.

HandsFreeLink did not come up when I searched on my phone, but I found it when I clicked on Bluetooth in Settings.

Not helpful. The iPhone 13 is a lemon.

Sorry everyone…..my phone didn’t start talking to me around #7…..my car did.

Thanks this works

Thanks Jyintexas! Talk about conflicting instructions from Honda…….wasted 2 hrs, but you saved the day! 🤣

I’m having trouble pairing my new iPhone 13 max to my 2015 Honda CR-V. Are they compatible?

Thank u so much!!! I was getting so frustrated. The morning drive was unbearable with my playlists!!

Anyone know how to the same procedure or the Honda Accord mk8 2010 uk spec I have the iPhone 13 doesn’t even find the car had the iPhone 11 previously and it worked fine any help please