iPhone 15 Pro Carplay disconnects

I just purchased one as I too am in the boat with you. But, I can’t swim and I have no life preserver. So, I hope you won’t sink my boat by me discovering that you work for Samsung or Amazon…😬

J/K I’ll let you know.

So, those bozos at apple, genuinely sent me an email with advice on how to change my username, but they have never once sent me an email offering support on the issue that I and all of us have with our iPhone 15’s.

This tells you all you need to know about this appalling company.

So they are controlling how many of us are allowed to complain, and what we are allowed to complain about.

So, take that as censorship, and we can assume that if there are 200 people in here with the concern, it’s probably closer to 1000 and that’s only the people who bother to come on here.

I have an iPhone 15 Pro. I tried many different cables and CarPlay still doesn’t work properly. I’m using iPhones for many years and I use CarPlay since it exists. But at this moment, sadly, I’m sincerely wondering for the first time to change my iPhone for a Samsung or other Android that works with my car. I love iPhone mobiles, but nowaday I can’t live without connecting my phone with my car system.

Exact same issue car play loads and crashes . It’s left me in some quite dangerous situations where I’ve had to stop driving and pull over . Ended up lost and driving for miles . Apple really need to sort it out .

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This is about the worst response I've seen on the Apple Forums. Why would they want to use a USB-C to Lightening Adapter with the iPhone 15? Followed by the equivalent of "unplug and reboot your computer".

I still have the problem, i’ve tried the cable from the box and 3 other ones. It works randomly and other times it won’t work for more than 1 second without disconnecting and stopping. I wanna throw my phone

" it's USB C"

No kidding.

"you are moving alot of data across that wire and a 480Mbps chokes on it"

You're not using anymore data than, say, an iPhone 13 Pro (my old phone) over USB-A (my car) to Lightening (iPhone 13 Pro). Still the same app with the same sort of use and data requirement.

Apple have screwed this up for the iPhone 15 only...

That's not a USB C (Thunderbolt) to USB-A adapter...

"it works..."

It does....until it doesn't. I purchased the same cable. CarPlay worked flawlessly for a few weeks and then on 1 Feb it didn't for the entire day. From Feb 2 it has worked. That's not the behavior one would expect if the cable was the issue. Once again, I don't think this is a cable issue.

I just tried using a magic Link wireless CarPlay adapter and still no luck. So much for too much current draw. It seems apple gave up. Too many engineers trying to boost their internal productivity scores with new inventions and no engineers taking care of existing systems.

I'm having the same issue with my i Phone15 Pro - never had issues with my i Phone 12 pro or my i Phone X. have an appointment at Apple Store this afternoon, fingers crossed .... tired of always being on speaker phone!

I’ve tried all the cables suggested in this chat and still am disconnecting from apple carplay. I drive for a living and this is infuriating! I also have wireless CarPlay disconnected and deleted it from my vehicle. Apple please fix this!

Have been reading here about the 15pro disconnecting - well I have an SE running 17.4.1 and a brand new RAV4 Prime with wireless connection and my CarPlay keeps disconnecting also. So NOT that particular phone. Funny thing it worked perfectly for years in my previous car, a 2020 Prius so I have been assuming it was the car but apparently not. This “problem” is driving me nuts. Have tried many solutions found on line and nothing works. It will stay connected for days and then BINGO it’s gone. Takes a lot of messing around to get it going again and hard to do when you’re driving.

I too am having problems texting from my GMC 2024 Denali truck. I have had an Iphone 15 for months now and all of a sudden I cannot text from my truck over 50% of the time. When I dictate a text message it says starts to make noises after I am done texting and then says.... "something went wrong" and will not send the text. I did an update on my GMC truck and it says that I am using the most recent update software on the truck. I do not have this problem using my Defender Landrover car so not sure what the problem is with my GMC. Thoughts?

I can't find a solution so I'm assuming this hasn't been acknowledged or fixed :-(

I've used CarPlay without any issue at all for about 4 years, most recently with an iPhone XS. I use it almost exclusively for audiobooks and maps, though occasionally also Applel Music.

About two weeks ago I got a new phone - iPhone 13, brand new - and CarPlay wouldn't work. I couldn't get it going at all initially. Then two days ago I somehow managed to get it to connect. (At some point in the process I saw a message flash across my iPhone screen suggesting that it was updating the CarPlay software. Since there doesn't seem to be any for the phone I'm now guessing that meant in the car...? Skoda Fabia.) Anyway, next journey (following morning) it just didn't work again. CarPlay logo came onto car screen and almost immediately it said it was disconnecting the iPhone.

I tried wifi but it's very laggy and so annoying that it's not useable for me.

I keep looking for a solution on the web but there doesn't seem to be one. Having read this and other threads I don't think it's about the model of iPhone, or about the cable or the car.