Can't connect my iPhone to CarPlay

@Liverpool1979

Please let us know if you have to do this again. I'd like to know how long it lasts..

Thank you. ☺️

For my problem, I had to turn off the VPN.

Both of my phones were listed on my car's CarPlay dashboard, settings, so I removed the older phone. Then I did the usual disconnect the phone from the USB cable and reboot it completely, turn off the car, try a different cable, try a different USB port. No change. I was at the dealer getting the car preventive maintenance done and they looked at it, and of course it worked at that moment, but it stopped working again a couple of days later.

I have a message in for them to see if they will check the infotainment system that was suggested by our level 14 tech-support rep. (Thank you).

I read that suggestion at the end of the day when they were almost closing so I have to wait till tomorrow. I'll post the results once I find them out!

For anyone who uses a VPN (virtual private network) you must turn it off before getting in the car. Otherwise, you have to do a song and dance routine. And then you still have to turn off the VPN.

Someone said above about resetting the settings or something And not resetting to factory settings. please see that. it was one of the latest replies.

I have an iPhone 13 mini, and has problems connecting to CarPlay, as well as AirPods, three, the only thing that I found to work and to avoid having to do a reset of all my network settings is to shut down the phone by holding the volume up and the power button And then restarting it after a few seconds being off, I feel like the best solution to make everything feel like it’s running OK is to do this every night so that I don’t go through connection problems

Did you get the car's infotainment system checked by a reputed car dealer?

Did you ever resolve this? New truck worked fine for two weeks then all of the sudden it wont connect to car play wirelessly, other family phones do just not mine. Have done everything above multiple times.

I have a brand new (today) Sony XAV-AX4000 car stereo, wired and wireless, to which CarPlay does not work. It was professionally installed. Software for both phone (iPhone 12 ProMax) and the stereo are up to date (17.6.1 and 2.00.01 respectively). I have followed the Sony protocols, I have read the various issues with earlier IOS versions, and tried all recommended suggestions. Can anyone offer a solution?

I’m also having issues but just with my 2024 Trax. OnStar helped me with a reboot but it’s doing it again. I have iPhone 16 now and ios18 so I’ll see if that helps. For now I’m connected - but my Bluetooth shows it as not connected even though I’m listening to music from the phone (I wanted to rename it to distinguish from my other two Chevys but it has to be connected for that). I’ve never had a problem with connectivity in my 21 Corvette so I’m thinking it’s a GM issue and that’s why I haven’t called Apple support.

LOL! Thanks for the terrific laugh! I've been having this trouble on and off for a few weeks with the iPhone 16.

i've also tried everything except resetting the entire phone, which I don't want to do because I have many specific settings, especially accessibility settings. CarPlay worked fine with my iPhone 15 Pro Max and iOS 17. Something.

My car okay won’t connect to my car for naps , all these updates are messing with the Apple car play and it’s not even my car , I thought it was wire this is my second wire fr Apple for my iPhone 12 Pro Max so much issues with all these updates , annoying

I am having the exact same issue after the last iPhone update. My iPhone 15 will not connect to my CarPlay without doing technical gymnastics to get it to work again turning Wi-Fi on and off Bluetooth on and off searching for my navigation address without Wi-Fi on cellular then reconnecting. It’s a mess. Please fix it.

All these update by Apple is messing our iPhones , they need to fix all the issues , updates are not helping all of us other then putting glitch in our phones rediculous when I phones are so expensive

I’m having the exact same issues. I have had my RAV4 2024 for a month. I could hear txt msgs shortly after getting the car. Then it stopped reading my msgs out loud. I can play music from my phone apps and that’s it. It would be nice to hear my txt’s. It pops up shows I have a msg Siri spins and that’s it. I have done all the troubleshooting tips here also. I wasn’t sure if it’s my Car having the issue or the phone.

My is having the same issue but it is saying my iphone is out of range. I have done everything including iphone reset and still the same issue. It did the pairing verifications but no luck after that.

I have done all that, I also have had my VPN off and still the connection comes and goes. One day it works one day it doesn’t. Thanks Apple for the recent update that totally messed up a few things on my phone.