Since updating to iOS 15.3, my car won't stay connected; bluetooth keeps connecting and disconnecting

I've never had this issue before this update - but now, my phone keeps disconnecting from bluetooth in the car, and then back on again (every 30s cycle or so); I have an Audi 2012 - so this is bluetooth only - not CarPlay.... although my phone also is having issues with this iOS version on CarPlay in a 2022 Edge.


I have:

  • rebooted the phone
  • turned off the bluetooth on the phone and restarted
  • removed the car from the list of remembered devices and re-connected from scratch
  • turned off my iWatch completely (as this was in some discussions as a potential fix); this did not fix the disconnect behaviour


I have repeated the above steps in multiple sequences, to no avail.


Any other suggestions from anyone?


All I can ask of Apple is to please fix bluetooth issues in the next dot-release asap.



iPhone 11 Pro

Posted on Feb 1, 2022 11:00 AM

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Posted on Apr 23, 2022 1:53 PM

15.4.1 resolved this issue, although I did have to remove and then re-pair the bluetooth with my cars.


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