CarPlay not working since iOs 18.3

After trying all the other recommendations (reset network settings, restart phone, forget phone in car, forget car in phone, etc, this worked: https://www.macobserver.com/tips/how-to/carplay-not-working-ios-18/

Basically just go into setting/screen play/applications and turn Carplay back on. So annoying that the update turned it off and this was a completely unintuitive fix. Thank you macobserver for your help - I never would have figured this one out.

Hi to all

since 6 months i was working on and found my problem where is. I have MB GLC180 and my one phone was not connecting via car play and the other did not work also as soon as the ios update was done.

after all steps were done by apple instructed nothing changed.

once i noticed my 2 phones do not connect to the same car and my friends are good; i have suspected on my icloud account. Copied all in the phone to a pc than deleted icloud account and here it is!!! Connected… to test again i entered my i cloud account again to the phone and seen again did not work.

this time i have generated another amd new i cloud account and tested with it. Again!!! Working….

finally the stupid time loss to solve this matter is over.

cheers,

UPDATE: My car dealer reset the software to manufacturer settings and Carplay is back on.

In short, Apple's 18.3.1 is creating the problem. This IOS is made for more recent car models. Apple does not perform regression testing to see how a new IOS impacts older models (my model is 2019). It's for us to figure out!

Apple doesn't have the courtesy to let us know ahead of time.

Apple, do better, be better!

18.3.2. I turned off Apple Intelligence on all apps that are in Carplay and it fixed the issue for me. Saw this suggestion elsewhere. Look in settings under general then siri. At the bottom choose apps. for each app turn of "learn form this app"

Thanks this worked a treat. You do have to press, and hold the power button for around a minute until the screen shuts off then comes back to life. Connecting immediately.

I've had this problem with my BMW now and then whenever Apple upgrades. Try This: I have learned that I've had to delete my device from my BMW, reset the network settings on my iPhone and reconnect, and then it works. Apple upgrades are getting more glitchy. A lot goes down apart from Car Play.

I turned off the Content and privacy restrictions

settings>screentime>content & privacy restriction settings

i found this information on an Apple chat group

I will have not yet downloaded 18.4 very dubious after all of the other updates as it knocks out CarPlay

BINGO. disabled my VPN on my iPhone15 ProMax and all is working again!!! Nice catch. Yes they need to address this as commercial VPN services are providing great protection and low cost and becoming very popular.

I don’t know about ur VPN app (I use ProtronVPN) but I installed a widget on my home screen that lets me toggle on and off to work with CarPlay

Thought my VPN was off but for some reason was on Pause.

Worked straight away. Appreciate it legend!

Cheers neighbour.

iOS 18.4.1 is released, it claims to fix the CarPlay connection issue, let's try and report back :)

Hey all,

I have been combing through all the fixes on here, reddit etc. did all the updates, resets etc, nothing helped.

However! For me, and it was instant, was turning off my VPN. Now working seamlessly. Perhaps something to look at with VPN’s being much more common.

this was for a 2019 VW.

Hey TeeKayOz,

Do you have a VPN?

if so, turn it off, worked for my Amarok across the ditch.

Hi, so I’ve managed to get mine to work wirelessly and with a wire. I didn’t have a VpN as others have mentioned but I reset my network settings on my iPhone and turned my roaming data on(no idea why it was off) Not sure which worked but it’s now working :) good luck

Mine stopped connecting to CarPlay since the 18.3.1 update. Went through countless cycles of unparing and re-pairing. It finally connected again for me after forgetting the car but also going into my WiFi list and forgetting that network.