CarPlay issues with 2022 Rav 4 Hybrid

I just purchased the Apple CarPlay Bluetooth transmitter on Amazon. Does it charge the phone?

I nothing is plugged into the phone when you have a transmitter. So no.

to charge the phone you need to use the charging pad, if you have one, or plug the phone into a different port.

Thanks for the info. My transmitter should come tomorrow so I’m hoping this fixes the issue. I have been battling my local Toyota Dealership on this for awhile now.

I currently own a 2020 Rav4, and my phone is doing the same thing. My steering wheel works on Bluetooth and regular radio, but apple car play is not working. I can plug my phone in and it pops up on the screen, but my steering wheel skip buttons do not work what so ever. I can tap the screen to skip the button, but I liked the feature of not having to look away from the road in order to change a song. this stopped working around when IOS 16 came out. Toyota has checked my car and found nothing wrong with it mechanically and electronically

This post was so encouraging. I ordered the same exact WQQBFF wireless CarPlay device today and am hoping it solves the problem. A bummer to be an apple fan with a 2022 rav4 that can’t keep CarPlay going! I won’t like the lag, but I will like it WORKING. Thanks again. I’ll report back.

I have had the wireless transmitter since the 7th and have had no issues with apple car play now. There is barely any lag.

Splurged a bit and got the Magic Box transmitter. Have had no drops or issues like before. There's a slight bit of lag with certain actions like changing a song on Apple Music, but it's only a tiny bit. Beats the heck out of Carplay being completely non-functional. AND I now have wireless Carplay.

Still think Apple should be held responsible for this ridiculous bug that they have not even acknowledged. Every article I see where the headline talks about some bug in the new OS I click on to see if they so much as mention ANY Carplay issues. And there never is. Very poor form by Apple and their dev team!

Glad it's working for you as well.

Were you able to get this resolved? I’ve been to Apple Store and Toyota multiple times with no resolution. Apple car play crashes so often that I still can’t even use it.

The only way to resolve the issue is to get a bluetooth transmitter from amazon, mentioned above. Apple knows the issue is on their end, they are aware, and it's unknown when it will be resolved.

Happy to report that jj1565 was correct! Any CarPlay transmitter will likely work but I am VERY happy with the WQQBFF brand one on Amazon. 6 days now, no disconnects. The bug is certainly a wired CarPlay bug then. Removing the lightning port from the equation is the best fix. I actually think this connects faster than wired, but I am not sure why. It seems like the phone registers that it is “time to send CarPlay data” faster to the wireless device. Using steering wheel controls for next/previous track has a 2 second delay but volume is instant and so is tap interactions with the screen and map while in wireless CarPlay. I love my 2022 RAV4 Limited again. Thanks for the tip, JJ!

Awesome, glad it worked. I’m hoping if apple sees enough of these posts, that they will work on a software fix as well.

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I'm having this issue now since I updated my iOS. Before I "forget this car" and re-sync, wondering if you had any success with that? Thanks!

Yes, most of us have tried everything. If you read through the thread, you will see that so far, the only thing that has worked is using a bluetooth transmitter instead of plugging into the Toyota usb.

Yup. Wired CarPlay in these models of RAV4 has been broken since iOS 16.5. I am thankful for a wireless protocol and workaround, but it’s a shame it’s not fixed yet. I am a longtime IT guy and had my colleagues all A-B testing their iPhones in my car on various versions of iOS the day it all broke. I filed an apple radar/feedback. Nothing on it so far. Every phone on 16.4 and back works perfectly fine. Rolling back is NOT ideal for many reasons so the way forward is a wireless dongle and hope apple addresses it.