iPhone 13 Pro loses bluetooth connection to car 2-8 minutes after starting a phone call

I just tried out the 15.3 update in my 2015 Toyota Tundra. I was on a 20+ minute call without issue. It's a small sample size but previously calls would drop in about 2 minutes. I'm cautiously optimistic.

Hey there, did you update to 15.3? That worked for me in my 2018 Toyota. Update, remove the phone from your car Bluetooth, repair with car again. Hopefully you can get it going, I have had no dropped calls since the update.

Update on the Bluetooth issues and iPhone 13 pro. I think I may have found the issue, for me at least for me. I have an Apple Watch Series 2. If I turn the watch off the phone doesn't cut in and out or become garbled for 20-30 seconds. As soon ask I turn the watch back on the problem happens, turn the watch off and no issues. There is nothing wrong with my watch and I have no intention of replacing it but it looks like that's the answer to the problem at this point. For all the aggravation and time spent one the phone with Apple senior advisors, and the fact that this is Apple's issue not mine, I think Apple should compensate me by giving me a new watch, or at least a deep discount on one

My iPhone Mini 13 now works just fine with my 2016 Toyota Avalon.

I was having the same problems as mentioned in the OP.

Anywhere from one minute to three minutes of phone air time, then dropped call.

Now I can talk as long as I please it appears. Over 30 minutes on a call one day last week.

I also upgraded to IOS 15.3.1....it must have done the fix.

I'm once again happy with my iPhone and 2016 Toyota Avalon now.

😁

I had the exact issue with a series 2 Watch causing Bluetooth issues with my car and AirPods. Upgraded my watch and never had the issue again. Just for fun I went back to my old watch and immediately had the issue. If you are having this issue I would look at what other Bluetooth devices you have connected

UPDATE:

I no longer have bluetooth issues connecting to my 2015 Toyota Camry after updating my Apple Watch Series 5 to version watchOS 8.4.2 and iPhone 13 Pro Max to iOS 15.3.1.

If you're having bluetooth issues when connected to your car, be sure to update both your watch and phone!

Someone from Apple called me and he scheduled an appointment in the Apple store. That person deleted all my apps and reset my phone rather than using the set up from my last phone (I hope this makes sense). That, along with the last couple of IOS updates have worked for me.

I did however just purchase AirPods and hope to heck they will work! My first Bluetooth earphones.

iOS 15.1.1 dropped and claims to help with dropped calls on iPhone 12 & 13.

wonder if this update will help?

Updated to 15.3. Had a 9 minute call and over 20 minute call with no drop. I have a 2016 Toyota Highlander. Keeping fingers crossed it is finally fixed.

Just want to make sure you have done the latest phone update. That seems to have corrected many of our issues here. Hope it works for you as well!!

Hi all,

the latest update seems to have fixed the Bluetooth dropping issues on my iPhone 13maxpro in a 2016 Toyota 4Runner

iOS 15.4 has fixed the issue with my cayenne

iOS 15.4 fixed the Bluetooth issues with my Chevy Malibu :))

I've done a little more experimenting and if you want to be able to talk on your phone while in your vehicle, these steps worked for me.

1. Start your vehicle and allow the phone to connect via Bluetooth. If you go to the next step too early this method won't work.
2. Connect your phone to the vehicle with your charging cable (USB to lightning). This assumes your vehicle has a USB input. This step should change the output on your phone to the "dock" connection.
3. Go into an app where you can select the device that you want to connect to, which will be your vehicle's Bluetooth as the AirPlay device. I usually use Spotify to complete this step.

Once you reconnect to the vehicle's Bluetooth, you should be able to talk without interruption.

These are some other random issues that I have noticed.

1. My steering wheel controls do not work as expected. Sometimes I'll try to end a call with the steering wheel controls and nothing happens.
2. My vehicle's volume control does not work as expected. If I switch from listening to Spotify to scrolling through TikTok, then increase the volume with my vehicle's volume control, the radio switches back to Spotify. This is all while parked, of course. ;-)

In my opinion, this is 100% Apple's issue. I've used my phone in my vehicle without issue until I upgraded to ios15. Please Apple, fix these issues.

I have this exact problem - have the iPhone 13 Pro, IOS 15 - love the updated camera (I had the X) but phone constantly disconnects from my Car. I have a 2016 Toyota Highlander. I updated the E-Tunes - the software in my car and that didn't help. I just called Apple and they said to update to the IOS 15.2

I read that other people did this and it didn't help but I'm going to try to see if it does help. The Apple guy was very persistent in saying that if I update and then turn the bluetooth off and on again - it should work.

My bluetooth seems to work fine with my selfie stick. Haven't tried with much else. Anyway, very frustrating. Hope it works. Anyone else have 15.2 yet and a Toyota? And did it help?