iPhone won't automatically connect to car Wi-Fi

I upgraded to 16.5, with the hopes this annoying issue would have been addressed. My guess is that if Tim Cook was experiencing this annoying bug with his phone in his car, it would be fixed pronto. What more does it take for Apple to prioritize this?

So, still won’t connect automatically. However, my friend has a 2023 Tahoe also and MY phone connects automatically to her WiFi! But she has same problem as we do connecting to her own.

And she connects automatically to mine

Thanks for that information......I want to try this as I have the same issue on my 2023 Silverado High Country and it's so annoying.

Sorry for my ignorance, but when you say "Save the content of the window as some_name.mobileconfig" how do you do that on a Mac? I tried textedit and it won't allow me to save with that extension.

Thanks.....I hope I can correct this wifi issue.

I ended up using the Apple Configurator, which allowed me to create and save the WiFi profile (.mobileconfig).....loaded it on my iPhone 13 and no-go.

Did not automatically connect to the trucks WiFi, stays connected to cellular service unless I manually connect to trucks wifi.

This sucks.....Apple needs to fix this.

i had a iPhone 12 and 2021 GMC 2500 Denali and it was doing the same thing, I couldn’t connect to the wifi but I could connect to my sons 2022 Chevrolet TrailBoss, work, and home wifi automatically, I just upgraded my iPhone to a 14 and I just traded my truck for a 2023 Yukon Denali and I’m having the same issues with it, I just got the phone Thursday, and my new Yukon I got Friday and still won’t connect automatically but have no problem connecting with home, work, wife’s car, son’s truck so if anyone has the answer to this mystery/issue/pain in the _ _ _….. please help, TIA have a great day

Mine actually DID auto connect for the first four months, then one day simply stopped. Gone through all the ‘helpful tips’, none have been helpful. Apple and GM need to hire a few rocket scientists to join forces and figure this out. And NO I don’t want this resolved in the new 2024 dashboards alone and leaving us ‘previous generation’ by the side of the road.

Very strange, but obvious issue. I have three kids with three iPads and am constantly distracted driving because they say the “iPad is not working”. It worked fine when we first bought the suburban, but somewhere between 4 months in and upgraded iPads, it no longer connects automatically. If I was going to do it manually, why wouldn’t I just use my hotspot and save $15/month? Btw, my Dell laptop has never had this issue and still does not.

I found a fix.......

I canceled my 2023 Silverado Onstar data plan and said heck with it.

It's way overpriced anyways and the support is horrid.....just not worth paying monthly fees for something that does not work as designed coupled with the Apple iPhone connection issues.

Moved on and honestly don't miss it at all.

I never said it was an Onstar issue, did I?....

But why would I continue to pay for an Onstar data plan when it does NOT connect to my iPhone automatically?

I honestly don't care if it's an Onstar or Apple issue......it's worthless the way it is and nobody is fixing it.

This issue has been going on for a couple of years, I have little faith Apple or anyone else really cares to fix the issue.

Besides that, Onstar has it's own share of issues with the data plan features, that they also refuse to fix, and their customer service is pitiful at best.

Best thing I did was to cancel the Onstar data plan on my 2023 Silverado High Country and don't look back........I don't need the headaches and it's now a total waste of money IMHO.

None of this is useful. Is the issue with Apple CarPlay or with the iOS update? Or with the phone itself? Other people’s phones work just fine. Only recently have some iPhone 14 Pro devices stopped working like they should. Resetting network settings does not fix the issue.

I talked to a service advisor at OnStar.

She said that OnStar uses 4g. The iPhone 14 pro is 5G and is not compatible to start automatically.

Another advisor told me that because I am still in the range of my home network it cancels out my car WiFi. Who can you believe??

I ran thru my data last month using CarPlay before I caught this. Ugh.

Me too. So how do we get this resolved?

Somebody help us !!

Same issue with my GMC but I don’t even use Apple Car Play. Connects everywhere automatically except in the vehicle.