Bluetooth issues on my iPhone 15 Pro Max with iOS 17.0.3

this is what Apple calls carbon neutral and eco free. Here we all will have to change cars or complexly change the expensive original equipment of car manufacturers of all brands. The main thing is that Apple no longer supplies accessories such as chargers to save the environment.... :-)

Mostly all iPhones are having the same problem with the Bluetooth disconnecting either in the car or with an audio device. I have asked people the same question with older iPhone as back iPhone XR and the current ones and still Bluetooth seems to be the issue.

I initially had a problem with wired CarPlay in my other car. I changed the cable and it seemed ok - had quite a long cable which was fine with my XR, which I then changed for a shorter one. Seems fine now.

Have you another cable you can try?

Good info Andy! The cable is a lightning with the $29 Apple lightning to USB c adapter. Has worked fine since September in my wife's car on both my 15PM and her 15. I wish it was as simple as a cable but it is just another failure by Apple with this not ready for prime time paperweight. I'll try another apple branded lightning cable to see if it makes any difference. Would be nice if they came out with a USB C that works for carplay.

Apple 15 pro - Blue tooth connection to my car consistently drops off, disconnects calls and takes up to 1 hour to reconnect and be operational through blue tooth again.

it’s all random. Few times runs as expected, most times super frustrating!

we need a fix here!

iPhone 11 Pro was working fine with my 2017 Jeep UConnect Bluetooth system until the 17.2.1 iOS update.

Immediately after my phone connects for a few seconds then gets kicked off. The only way to maintain the Bluetooth connection is to manually repair my phone every time, which is tedious.

My kid’s older iPhones with older iOS work fine on my UConnect Bluetooth.

Senior Apple rep tried telling me I’d need to update my radio. When I told her I already took it to dealership and they said there weren’t any available software updates, she said eventually I’d need to get a newer Bluetooth system with a car.

My iPhone 15 is on latest IOS 17.3. I replaced my Turntable and CD player with Yamaha WXC- 50 streaming device to my high-end stereo system. I stream Pandora and Sirus/XM to the Yamaha device and the Bluetooth either cuts out for a few seconds, or disconnects completely, where I have to reconnect. It has disturbed my listening experience. Yamaha has a software called MusicCast. to connect. There are no issues on that end.

Sooooo...do I just nail this thesis on the front door at Cupertino or are they aware of this problem? Because it's driving me nuts. Do you know if this is a "known bug" that we can expect a fix on or are they blind to it?

I think you would do worse than to print this thread out and stick it on a notice board in their staff canteen.

A number of folks on here have had calls with engineers, including myself, and get short thrift from them.

Over 1,500 folks on this thread said me too, so if that’s just 1% of the user base, that’s potentially a big number of disgruntled users on calls to support being told to reset their phones.

Ios 17.3 iphone 15 pro max - randomly connected & disconnected in my car ( audi q5 2009 ) also Waza Air - after some period of stable connection begins to have gaps - only restart helps. Apple - act quickly please. This is urgent.

Same here. For someone who depends on bluetooth for their everyday hearing using iPhone this is a disaster as my hearing aids also worked flawlessly before update. Crackling and switching between aids are now a common problem. One which I can do without. Paired them to my mates Samsung phone and they work flawlessly. So come on Apple this is a very important accessibility issue for us that depend on this technology or do you not care or understand these issues

I'm done.

After endless tech support calls...replacing my 15PM THREE (3) times, and watching this forum closely...I'm selling my iPhone, and getting a Samsung Galaxy S24Ultra.

Am I sad to leave the iPhone community? Yes. I've been around since the 1st iPhone. But this level of disregard to customer complaints about BT is untenable.

So I've cancelled all my subscriptions, and uploaded or transferred all my content.

I'm a Windows guy anyway, and Samsung is much more friendly to my PC.

Ebay, here I come!

Dave C

I hear you on jumping ship. After getting a call while in my cat yesterday I was able to speak for about 30-50 seconds then it went haywire AGAIN! The sound cuts out, the car unit locks up, and the junk 15PM locks up, when I attempt to switch to the iPhone to continue the call it takes way too long for it to respond. This phone is an absolute piece of garbage that Apple knows full well it has a problem but because the problem will cause financial issues as well as a negative reputation, they are not publicly acknowledging it. I refuse to believe that they are not working on a solution. It would be crazy if they just ignored this. FYI - I’m on the latest software release.

Does Apple even read this forum. Don’t think so. So infuriating for people like myself who depend on BT for hearing aids. If they would spend less resources on new technology and fix the ones they have it would be helpful. Apple doesn’t care anymore. Have been Apple user for years but now looking elsewhere. Pity it has to come to this

This issue being present for so long and never fixed i’m also thinking of finally quitting the Apple community.

Im still on iphone 12 as i didn’t feel the need to upgrade yet, Bro on iphone 15Pro Max, SIL Iphone15. We all have this issue and makes it’s extremely annoying as everything is now bluetooth connected and controlled.

Now this bluetooth issue has been present for more than a year!

And nowadays keyboard issues that lags the keyboard 10 times.

I’m going to switch to Samsung and never looking back when it will be time to change my phone to a newer one.

RIP old ways of Iphone you will be missed.

Back in the days developers did their job seriously and apple paid more attention to the community issues and were fixing the bugs.

Now it’s just starting to be a joke and Apple doesn’t even care as they will still make money even if they lose some customers.