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

I also just updated to the 15.3 and while it is too soon to say for sure, I did make a phone call for just over 8 minutes without disconnecting. The last update, 15.2.1 had actually made it worse and my calls dropped within the first couple of minutes. I have a 2016 Toyota Highlander. I will see how it goes with a longer phone call. Hoping that this 15.3 fixed it. I used to have the iphone X and had no problems at all. I upgraded because of the camera which is a big improvement but the bluetooth issue with phone calls not staying connected has been VERY frustrating to say the least.

Installed 15.3 last night.

Bluetooth connected.

Think finally we’re okay

put it to a true test this weekend!

Thanks those of you who kept insisting that apple take care of this

I’ve been working in this since I got my new iPhone 13 in October! I thought I was the dummy.

Hi, there I've got same issue with bluetooth in car, each longer calls are dropped. I tested my 12pro max in several toyota (2008-2018) cars but also in audi A4, A6, and A8 (cars from 2010-2019), many VW (cars from 2008-2015) like passat and arteon and with all tries connection to bluetooth during calls was dropped but call was still present in iphone.

I sent at least 20 feedback to apple but no reaction. I made a test with my old iphone 6s, with firmware 12.xx all was ok but after i made upgrade to 14 problems start, also siri start to make buzzz in car's audio speaker just before she answer to my question which wasn't present before upgrade to 14.

All what online apple or shop service can tell me was: "make a restoration" which of course doesn't help at all

I'm tired, I spent so much money for 12P-max and now to make calls without interruption I just don't use my car audio which is frustrating when radio plays .

I was facing the same issue. Had my car entertainment unit reset by Hyundai. But the problem still persisted.

Then had to factory reset my iphone 12 Pro. That sorted the issue for me.

iOS 15.2.1 was just released. Please report back if this fixes the issue or not.

Hey there! It was in my general settings, software update, ready to download. I did a trial run with one call did not disconnect after 5 minutes. Will continue to use, will update if fixed or not.

Updating to 15.3 also seems to have fixed the issue I had in my 2019 Highlander.

Yes, I have 2017 Toyota Prius prime, definitely improved with upgrade 15.3.

Be sure your iPhone has 15.3 update.

Do you have an older series Apple Watch? I had a Series 2 and that was the problem

15.4 seems to have solved my disconnection issues with my Audi

Hello,

Apple has a Product Feedback page which would be the best place to provide them with that great troubleshooting information you gathered. Product Feedback - Apple

Out of curiosity does your car support CarPlay and, if so, have you paired the iPhone to it using that setting?

Connect iPhone to CarPlay - Apple Support

That may allow for a better connection with non music apps.

I hope this helps.

I too have had the same issues!!

i upgraded from an iPhone XR to an iphone13 about 3 weeks ago and yes It is very frustrating to say the least because 75% of my phone calls are on Bluetooth and while driving.

I have called apple support about this issue, i have been to the Apple Store and had a hard reset on my phone there and have upgraded to new iOS every single time a new update comes out and still having the same issues.

i use a blue parrot headset while driving and its almost like it’s loosing cell service but then you can hear all the static of what it sounds like when not getting good cell phone service. What I have started doing is manually pressing the audio tab during a phone call and toggling from headset, to iPhone, to iPhone speaker back to head set. Sometimes this clears it up after 2 or 3 attempts sometimes it does not. And I’ve noticed it seems to ALWAYS do it when driving and going down into a lower area.

ive also had this same issue while at home walking around inside my house talking on my apple AirPod pros and have the same issues which it connecting to my 2018 Toyota Tundra. I personally think it’s a Bluetooth connection issue when paired to a device and on a phone call only. I have not had this issue happen as of yet while playing iTunes to my vehicle. Hope they address this soon.

Several weeks ago I paid $75 to update the software on my 2017 Toyota Tundra....Bluetooth still dropped calls. Saw last night that the IOS 15.2 came out and so I updated that. I didn't have a lot of confidence based on the number of people in these forums saying they still lost calls with IOS 15.2. Well, I made 1 phone call, lasted 14 min and had no issues. I'm not convinced it's fixed, but am cautiously optimistic. I'm also thinking the fix or no fix is dependent on the type of vehicle you have? We'll see, time will tell.