CarPlay not working with iPhone 16 Pro

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.

I also had trouble connecting new iPhone 16 pro to CarPlay, in a 2022 Lexus ESh. Deleting existing phones and adding new 16 pro resolved the problem. It now connects seamlessly!😊

I tried all of these above until went to Apple and tested Belkin cable and wow it worked! USB-a to usb-c cable

I did this, it is now working.

1. Go to Settings > General > CarPlay, tap your car, then tap Forget This Car. Then set up CarPlay again.

1. Go to Settings > General > CarPlay, tap your car, then tap Forget This Car. Then set up CarPlay again.

Agreed…bought a new USB to USB C cable at BestBuy that specifically listed data transfer. 16 Pro now syncs perfectly with my 2016 Colorado.

i had same issue w 16e. spent and hour w apple support and tried everything.

but reset network settings worked.

settings>reset or transfer iphone > reset > reset network settings

I have had same problem and someone suggested to uninstall iPhone from CarPlay and reinstall and pair it with car again and happy to say that for now couple of days things works just fine.

you may want to try that.

Hi All. I upgraded from iPhone 13 Pro Max to 16 Pro Max and had same issues with Apple CarPlay. I had bought USB-A to USB-C adapters and kept getting ‘Overcurrent Detected’ message in my vehicle. After reading article in 9 to 5 found out the cable we use must be able to transfer data, not just charge the phone. I bought the Belkin charger from this list and CarPlay works perfectly now!

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Mine the same. But I found this and tried, worked!

‘Try settings, general, CarPlay, and delete all vehicles. You may also need to go settings, general, scroll down to reset phone, and click on reset network settings.’

Worth to have a go.

Dear Colleagues,

i’ve been experience the same problem to connect my Iphone 16 Pro with my car and have the car play working properly. As a result a called Apple Support. Here is the troubleshooting conducted in order to make it work:

1. Go to Settings >> Focus >> turn off all (i.e sleep)
2. go to settings >> car play >> forget this device
3. go to “reset all networking settings”. Your iphone will restart after typing the password.
4. go to your car settings and delete your device
5. set up the car play again with your car.

This should work with bluetooth. Good luck.

thanks for sharing ZecaHouston, that solved my problem.

1. Go to Settings >> Focus >> turn off all (i.e sleep)
2. go to settings >> car play >> forget this device
3. go to “reset all networking settings”. Your iphone will restart after typing the password.
4. go to your car settings and delete your device
5. set up the car play again with your car.

I had tried all above steps except '1)'.

Possibly, there must be something to do with "focus" or how you transferred previous iphone content to your new iphone. I did back previous iphone and restore the back up to new iphone - which broke some apps, which I had to delete and re-install.