Apple Car Play Disconnects at certain locations

I have an iPhone 13 and 16 Pro Max. I use either one at anytime in my vehicles and connect wirelessly to Apple Car Play. Whenever I get to certain locations Apple Car Play disconnects or stops working altogether. I noticed the this happens when near cellphone towers and toll booths and sometimes in between buildings in the city.


This happens with both my iPhones and in all my vehicles. I have a Hyundai Staria Elite, VW Golf 5 (with a Pioneer head Unit that has Apple Car Play) and Hyundai Creta.


This problem is not only annoying because the music cuts out and back in in rapid succession, but it will also drop any active call and the Apple Maps will stop working in Car Play. This can be potentially dangerous when travelling in an unfamiliar area and could have disastrous consequences.

Apple seems to be ignoring this issue as I have been following it on the discussion forums for a while now.

On the other end of the spectrum, Android Auto works perfectly in the same vehicles. This is probably going to be the reason that I and possibly thousands of other iPhone users will move to Android. Wake up Apple and fix the issue or hire people that can.



iPhone 13, iOS 18

Posted on Dec 30, 2024 3:05 AM

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Jan 12, 2025 9:31 PM in response to Santoshkg

I have begun documenting when CarPlay randomly stops working. If I’m ton a call and Carplay stop working, the call transfers back to my iPhone. I have a 2024 Prius Prime. All seemed to work well until IOS 17 something that came out over the summer. It’s very frustrating and random. I’ve reset my network settings on the iPhone. I have done this wirelessly and with the cord. I’ve also ignored the car/iPhone and paired again, numerous times restarted the phone restarted the car numerous times brought it into Toyota twice. Toyota could not find anything wrong with the infotainment system and yet other car owners were expressing similar Carplay issues. When I do reboot the infotainment system it seems to reconnect CarPlay, but I need to go ahead and Initiate everything else. This is very inconvenient when I’m driving. It seems to help for a few days, and Carplay disconnects again. I’ve even went so far to go in to the Wi-Fi settings and turned off “private wifi” settings from “fixed” to turn “off” and also “private WiFi address”. I did this based on two different recommendations similar folks have posted. Everything seem to work for a few days until it didn’t today. Got disconnected twice From CarPlay while driving. Hope my experience will help find a solution.

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