To Charge the iPhone 15 Pro on a BMW Wireless charging pad or not ?

I had a 2021 BMW X5. The charge plate cooked my Samsung S8 battery in one day. The battery swelled up and delaminated the case. I put my replacement phone (Samsung S21) on the plate for 15 mins experimentally and the case got very hot. There is no way I would put my Iphone 15 pro max anywhere near it. BTW I sold the BMW. Top of the list of reasons was the charger plate, next on the list being the tail gate button which closed the gate on me every time my hip touched it while I was loading or unloading, then there was the track pointer immediately above the drink holder that randomly changed car mode or audio track every time I reached for my coffee. There were other reasons too, I would never buy another BMW.

I agree with lobsterghost1. The problem is that the lenses on the new iPhone 15 (and maybe the 14 also) stick out and prevent the phone from staying close enough to the charging pad to allow a good connection.

My Prius Prime has a slot for wireless charging of phones and it worked fine on my iPhone 8. The I got a new iPhone 15 Pro and it doesn't work. I spent a lot of time with AppleCare+, and here's their final statement:

Just wanted to send over the information our engineering team had gave us. The slot is too

small for the iPhone and the car to complete the “handshake” to charge. The camera lens seem to be preventing it from fully sliding into the charging port.

I'm now talking with my Toyota dealer about the problem, but I don't expect a fix anytime soon. So I'm just plugging the phone in (USB C) to charge it.

The issue does seem to be mostly about BMW wireless charge pads from reading different forums. Mine was fine with my iPhone 13Pro, but fried my 15Pro the first time I used it, the same as for other people. I don’t know whether we are talking about 10s or 100s or 1000s of people, but I will be cautious until time has passed or the issue has been resolved - I don’t want to have to go through the process of replacing it at an Apple Store & setting it up all over again. That’s a pain & quite irritating, but I’ll be patient, for now.

As to whether it is for apple or BMW to sort out, I don’t know. It seems to be BMW kit that is causing the problem, but seems to be changes made to the new iPhone 15Pro which have triggered it. Hopefully the two of them get together quickly to sort it.

Last night I lost NFC chip as well after a 10 min charge in my new BMW I4. Going to Apple Store after work today. DO NOT CHARGE any iPhone 14s or 15s until someone takes responsibility and I would recommend whether you have an issue or not to contact BMW about potential risks using charger. The more they here from us they will eventually take action.

I simply can't advise you. Personally, until Apple and BMW work out whatever is causing the pads in their cars to stop causing the NFC chip to go out in the newest iPhone 15 models, I wouldn't risk it.

I left my phone on my BMW chargepad for about an hour (there isn’t really anywhere else to put it in a Z4), it does seem to be connected to the phone getting too hot, but i have seen reports of the issue occurring in BMWs after a relatively short period of time. I haven’t reactivated my digital key on my new phone until I am confident that the issue has been resolved, either by apple or BMW - it is not clear to me whether or not the recent patch targeted at overheating phones will fix this, so I am just being cautious.

I’ve just updated to 17.1.1 which according to Apple fixes a bug that ‘In rare circumstances, Apple Pay and NFC features may become unavailable on iPhone 15 models after wireless charging in certain cars’. I haven’t used the wireless charger yet, but I am minded to try at the weekend - the update seems pretty specific on it & that sounds exactly like my issue, or am I being naive?

I charge mine on my cars wireless charging pad with no issues. Not odd for any device to get warm when charging so that wouldn’t concern me personally. My car isn’t a BMW (2022 Buick Eclave Avenir) but I don’t think that matters. The charging pad is OEM and functions perfectly. Not sure what info you are wanting to be released from Apple about a car manufacturers wireless charging pad or from the manufacturer. Ultimately, assuming unless the charging pad is too small for the phone to fit correctly or something there shouldn’t be a problem with you using it. For some people that cars don’t include a USB-C port (some still only have the standard USB-A port…mine has both as well as an actual outlet to plug a charging brick in if you really want to) the charging pad if they have it means they don’t have to rush out to get another cable to work in their car or an adapter. Maybe check the BMW user forums to see if the subject has come up also.

I placed it on the BMW charger twice. Once for about 15 minutes and then when I suspected nothing was happening (not knowing it could damage my iPhone), I tried for an hour. It was very hot and the battery did not move from 82%. My phone does not seem harmed at this point.

Are you certain the pad in your car, which is a modern BMW, isn't also a charging pad? It's the NFC portion that is causing issues with iPhone and BMW cars, so I personally lay my phone on whatever this pad is until there is a solution worked out between BMW and Apple.

This is more likely caused by the camera bump on the 15 Pro Max being taller, which doesn't permit the phone to sit completely flat on the mat and the charger is unable to keep a connection to the phone. Couple that with the fact most car chargers have one charging plate in them and if they don't align perfectly with the position of the MagSafe charger in the iPhone, charging may not work.

I have a 2023 Genesis GV70. My 15 Pro Max won't charge on the wireless charger built into my car. But my partners 15 Pro will charge. It's the location of charging coil in the cars wireless charger which prevents my 15 Pro Max from charging.

I don't blame Apple or my 15 Pro Max. Apple didn't have anything to do with where car manufacturers put the charging coils in their car wireless charging mats. So if I need to charge my 15 Pro Max, I plug it into one of the USB ports and it charges just fine.

Not just an iPhone 15 issue though. The basic overheating aspect, if not NFC damage as well, has been reported in a variety of other iPhone models—I experience it with my 12 Pro. Hopefully an iOS fix can be found, but I wonder if this is not more a matter of a needed BMW recall.