CarPlay not working with iPhone 16 Pro

Had same issue with my brand new iPhone 16 pro in my carplay enabled 2016 Skoda Octavia. Worked perfectly with my iPhone 11. But couldn’t connect with my new phone. Solved it today by buying the Apple USB-C to Lightning adapter (€35). Connected immediately!

In order to get my iPhone 16 pro connected to CarPlay I had to click on "forget phone" for every phone that had ever connected to my CarPlay. Once I did that it connected without issue.

Changed cable on mine to a data and charging cable. Car play now works. Spend 3 hrs on phone to apple support. Then found this suggestion on this group

After spending close to 4 hours over 2 days updating software, resetting networks and alll the other hoops customer care has you do on day 3 I call and the tech asked if I tried a different cable and I replied 3 different cables he then asked were any of the ones I was using an OEM cable I said not. Let’s try a OEM cable so I go grab a OEM cable and Shazam it works. The new question is do I need OEM cables for everything😡

READ THIS IF YOU HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING. I have found only one solution that worked for me and that was buying a wireless carplay device on amazon that connects through USB and allows me to connect wirelessly. I thought it wouldn’t work because my car previously ONLY worked using wired car play but it did. Here are the things that I tried but DID NOT WORK: Turn on content and privacy restrictions, reset network/factory settings, Disconnect car play and all blue tooth devices, delete and reset my car’s connected devices, going to the dealership and “updating software” (mine had no update btw), buying USBA to USBC attachment and cable, buying the belkin boost data transfer cable, buying apple USBC to lighting adapter. None of these worked for my iphone 16 pro max. I spent so many hours talking with apple support and supervisors and looking online… Almost returned my iphone 16 pro max until I tried one last time. I did see on here that that wireless car play adapter did not work for someone so if you tried all of those options then you might be out of luck tbh. I have nissan 2022 kicks, Iphone 16 pro max. Bought my wireless car play adapter on amazon. If you have have any questions just reply to me. It’s very frustrating I get it.

Had the same issue with my new iPhone 16 Pro and my Mazda Mx5 ND

Did latest update today to iOS 18.1 and tried a new cable and it now works, so not sure which of those two solved the problem. I suspect it was the cable as when trying old cable (which previously worked on iPhone 14) then it goes back to the same issue.

My new iPhone 16 worked perfectly on a newer rental car. Will not work on our 2020 Tundra or 2020 Telluride. Would not be recognized by my iMac. Spent hours trying to figure this out. Used cable that came with the new phone. Used multiple different cables. Spent hours on the phone with Apple and actually scheduled an appointment with Toyota. I had a little epiphany(wife suggested), I tried this little adapter and it’s worked perfectly with my computer and on the car.

I used a USB-C to USB-C cable with a small adapter from USB-C to USB. Seemed like a cheap hack.

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Sorry if this is mentioned elsewhere, but I don't have time to read through 13 pages of comments. I did what ZecaHouston recommended, and then a message came up regarding my Siri not being enabled. Once I set up Siri on my new iPhone 16 Pro, my Carplay suddenly decided to work. This is something to try if you are very frustrated and disappointed with your tech situation.

After researching why my 16 pro max wouldn’t work, I found I had to buy the shortest lightning cable, 6 inches, I could find, which was on Amazon. It finally worked, took 3 tries of trying to connect, but it did. The post I found stated the power required to run CarPlay requires a shorter lightning cable. Hope this helps you

Upgraded to IPhone 16 and it wouldn’t let the messages part of CarPlay show up. If you are running a VPN, turn it off. Once I did this, messages loaded. My VPN was running through a security app (Kinetic Secure).

I think it has to do with ios 18 updates, the introduction of apple intelligence and how that affects default siri configuration. For me resetting everything in the car, removing the car from 'my cars' in carplay, and then turning off apple intelligence and manually enabling siri, solved the issue.

i had the same problem after i upgraded to an iphone 16 pro from my iphone 14 pro. after being on with apple support for over an hour, they suggested that i check my wifi settings to confirm i was connected. my phone was connecting to my car’s carplay wifi but said no internet connection. i then toggled my wifi off and forgot all devices and attempted to reconnect and it finally worked. i have a 2020 bmw x1

Thank you all for sharing all your solutions! I've been trying to figure this out for the past month and driving has been an absolute nightmare since this stopped working for me 4 weeks ago. I tried everything and nothing worked! I even went to the Apple Store today and met with someone at the Genius Bar who basically told me to be patient and wait until Apple fixed the problem. I must say, I tried this as a last resort and disabling Apple Intelligence finally worked for me! I disabled Apple Intelligence in the settings, restarted my phone and once I plugged in my phone to the car this time, CarPlay started to work seamlessly!

Same issue. Upgraded to iPhone 16 and would not connect Car Play with the chord that came with the phone. Tried everything that I could find online, but to no avail. Purchased an Anker braided USB-a to USB-c and it works perfectly. I'm sure with newer vehicles capable of connecting wirelessly, that Apple is not investing an extra few $ to provide a cable that is more than just a charging cable.

SOLUTION - I tried every single suggestion I could find. Turned out I just needed to use the cord that came with my iPhone 16. It didn’t have a USB end, so I had to get something to convert to USC to USB. Good luck.