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iOS 5 Bluetooth ford problem

I have a 2011 (UK 11 reg) Ford Mondeo with built in Sony radio with sat nav, Bluetooth and CD. It has been linking fine to my iPhone 4 via Bluetooth both for phone calls and audio as needed running iOS 4. However since upgrading to iOS 5 it won't keeps saying it can't establish data connection, audio breaks up then the phone disconnects intermittently, and the radio no longer displays my phone signal strength which I relied up to know I had a signal.


This is a major pain as I need it to be reliable as it was until recently for work support phone calls. Can anyone please advise how to resolve this? Please don't say take it to my Ford dealer, 1) they will likely have no clue 2) why the **** should I when it's Apple's upgrade which has caused the problem - it was fine before I installed iOS 5.

iPhone 4, iOS 5, Ford Mondeo

Posted on Oct 15, 2011 4:34 PM

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Posted on Oct 15, 2011 4:38 PM

I use the USB connection for an iPod Classic by the way, which would not work for phone calls anyway. Love how the censored a very minor swear word in regular use!

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Oct 16, 2011 11:21 AM in response to ianfromsittingbourne

Same with my Ford Fiesta bought in Italy this year. Up to iOS 4.3.5 no issue at all, now every time I select a song change with car control it pops out "Bluetooth device Connection Error" and almost randomly the connection shuts down so that you cannot listen your music any longer.


Quite annoying, since it is clear that Apple changed something with this upgrade from where you cannot step back.


Hope they will fix the issue soon.

Oct 16, 2011 1:59 PM in response to ianfromsittingbourne

Same issue in my 2010 Mondeo with the navigation system and iOS 5. The phone icon and signal strength is no longer displayed, skip forwards/backwards is now haphazard and it rarely plays for longer than 20 minutes without cutting out completely. "Cannot read data from the BT Audio device." displays on the screen at regular intervals. It was 100% reliable for a year before this update ...

Oct 17, 2011 1:54 AM in response to ianfromsittingbourne

speriamo che apple risolva subito questo problema perche cosi non si puo continuare si blocca continuamento il bluetooth esce sempre errore e non è possibile con iso 4 andava una favola e adesso mi tacca fare una telefonata fare un casino spegnere ed accendere il cell dovono subito fare qualche aggiornamento non e possibile e figuriamoci il 4s non lo trova proprio il modulo bluetooth la mia ford fiesta 2011

iOS 5 Bluetooth ford problem

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