iPhone 15 CarPlay Not Working

I bought the Amazon Basics USB Type-C to USB-A Male 3.1 Gen2 Adapter Charger Cable... and it works but requires the iPhone 15 to first be connected via Bluetooth before connecting with the cable. I was able to use it with just the cable with my iPhone 12.

We tried everything also. Contacted Apple and a solution that worked for us is we had to have a song in Apple Music to get the radio to acknowledge media. We signed up for free trial and added a song to the playlist then went back to Spotify (that’s what we use for music) and everything worked!!! Apple told us to cancel the Apple Music and go and order and download a cheap song into Apple Music. As long as that one song is there your car will recognize all music that you have. It’s worth a try for you. You lose nothing. Once you do the free subscription and download a song you can cancel because your subscription will not cancel until the end of trial period. If this works for you then go order a cheap song to always have in your Apple music

I have a 2019 Peugeot 3008 and an iPhone 15 - CarPlay would not work with the USB-A to USB-C cable which I bought to keep in the car.

Having read so many replies about cables not working, I took the 6 compatible cables I had and tested them all in the car. Only 2 of the 6 worked, including one apple USB-C to C cable fitted with a USB-A adapter.

Neither of the 2 worked however unless I had Bluetooth disconnected.

I hope this helps somebody!

So after resetting the Volvo infotainment and using the new cable, CarPlay seems to be working! I am sending an invoice to Apple for hours spent troubleshooting their technology.

Give it time, it will eventually fail again..I did the same thing and it failed again a week or so later. I bought this adapter (attached) and now use the USB-C to USB-C cable provided by Apple and it's worked longer than any other solution I tried before it. Going on 3 weeks now without issue.

It will eventually fail. There are others on here, myself included, who have purchased the same cables and they will have the same issue eventually. Just fyi..

Deltalpha,

You need to buy an adapter. Just changing out and using different cables will not work. Some claim that after just changing to a certain manufacturers cable that it works. It will for a short period until it starts acting up again. You need to purchase an adapter, a female USB-C to a male USB adapter specifically. You can buy them on amazon or Bestbuy. They are roughly $10 for a pack of 2. I have attached a picture for reference. Once you get this adapter, it will fix the issue. I've been using mine going on 4 weeks without issue. Once you have the adapter, you can use the Apple USB-C to USB-C cable that came with the iPhone. Good Luck!

Literally typing this from my car with the latest update, it fixed nothing. Connecting and disconnecting constantly. Using a usb a-c data wire…

I had this exact problem and by chance bought the same cords and the issue was "magically" resolved.

I have 2 vehicles that’s use CarPlay. When I first got my iPhone 15 CarPlay worked fine in both then suddenly after its most recent update it stopped working in either no matter what I try.

I encountered a similar problem with my new iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max not connecting to CarPlay in my Mazda CX30. I resolved it by purchasing the Belkin Boost Charge Pro Flex USB-A to USB-C cable. Upon using this cable, the device was promptly recognised, and I successfully activated Apple CarPlay.

Same thing. Not working with Audi A3.

Tried with the USB-TypeC converter but is not detected.

Thank you so much for this post! This worked for me! 2019 rav 4. Tried multiple cords and couldn’t get it to work but this reset worked!

Was having a problem with my 2019 Hyundai Tucson not connecting to my iPhone 15 Pro Max. Read through this thread and couldn’t believe the amount of differing opinions and suggestions. One gentleman suggested going to dollar tree and buying an adaptor (USB to USB-C.) Which I did and the adaptor cost me $1.25. I did not do any updates, reset my radio, buy a special 1 foot cable. I literally spent $1.25 and my problem has been solved.

if I help anyone else… I’m glad :-) good luck.

I have the same issue on my 23 Rubicon. My 11 Pro worked awesome and this iPhone 15 Pro is killing me. I have tried different cords, deleting, restarting and nothing works. Sometimes it will work but then it will freeze. If you shut the car off most of the time it will not come back and you have to plug and unplug multiple times to try and get it to work. Very frustrating