iphone 12 not connecting to car bluetooth

Hi recently i have been having issues connecting to my vauxhall 2014 meriva via bluetooth. I can get it connected by turning wifi of and on on iphone but when i get a call the car says no phone connected. This seems to happen since a recent udate of phone software. The car is happy with a samsung phone so it seems to be an issue with the iphone

iPhone 12, iOS 15

Posted on Feb 15, 2022 8:10 AM

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Posted on Feb 15, 2022 8:19 AM

You can start here, How to connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your car - Apple Support What you may find, is with an older vehicle, the Bluetooth stack probably has not been updated and may not be compatible with the newer Bluetooth on the iPhone. If you still experience problems after following the steps in the support link provided, contact your vehicle dealer and see if there is any update for your vehicle's system.

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Feb 15, 2022 8:19 AM in response to jj0306a

You can start here, How to connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your car - Apple Support What you may find, is with an older vehicle, the Bluetooth stack probably has not been updated and may not be compatible with the newer Bluetooth on the iPhone. If you still experience problems after following the steps in the support link provided, contact your vehicle dealer and see if there is any update for your vehicle's system.

Feb 15, 2022 3:18 PM in response to jj0306a

It is very possible the iPhone 12 update has updated the Bluetooth profile on the phone. Unfortunately, if the vehicle manufacturer has not updated their devices, that is not Apple's fault. They are provided the updates to ensure their devices will work with the latest software. You need to speak to the manufacturer to see if they have an update to their vehicle.

Feb 15, 2022 9:00 AM in response to ChrisJ4203

my car system was working fine until my iphone 12 had a software update which is what broke it. I tried contacting apple and repeatably get given the same set of instructions above. My car worked fine before the update it also works fine on my samsung. Seams apple have created the problem with the software update and are avoiding sorting it out. easiest and cheapest solution is sell phone buy samsung. Not happy with apple but thanks Chris any other ideas.


I have reset iphone 12 fully. I have fully reset the car system to fac defaults. Heither fixed the problem its like going back to the 90's when you connected a phone via a specally adapted cassette tape.

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