iPhone 5 won't auto connect to Bluetooth

This actually solved my problem too. Good work! I have a 2011 Subaru WRX as well, for the record.

To expand a bit, based solely on my assumption:

I believe the issue here is the fact that the phone was not orginally synced through the voice command which can only be done in the driver seat. I believe the purpose of this is so the car can have 2 phone memories, one for passengers and one for drivers. It makes sense to me that the driver phones would auto-connect, but those done manually through the radio (ie for passengers) wouldn't. This allows, say, my wife to sync her phone to the bluetooth on demand, but won't auto-sync every time she rides in my car.

Anyway, it's working like a charm now, so thanks for the post!

I recently upgrade my iphone5 to the new operating system and now it won't connect to the bluetooth on my 2010 Subaru legacy. Had no issues until the upgrade. Any suggestions?

this worked with my 2012 subaru impreza sport! at&t had no clue!

I was able to fix it by doing a hard reset of my phone...

How do I delete the previous phone from my Bluetooth?

I'm having the same auto connect issue with my 5s in a 2012 subaru impreza sport premium. I'm not understanding how to add the phone using the voice commands. Didn't see it anywhere in owners manual. I've tried deleting and re-adding the phone multiple times but each time I start the car I have to manually add the phone. Any suggestions out there?

I was having the same issue and the audio setup worked like a charm. Thanks!

did you get sorted, yet?

i understand the process is pretty fiddly but with rafael's clue it should be do-able.

Voice command delete and re-pair worked perfectly on my 2012 Subaru Impreza to make my iPhone 5s auto-connect like my iPhone 4s used to.

Thanks!

Solution worked perfect for me. I had an iphone 4 paired with my 2013 Subaru Impreza with the standard stereo/bluetooth system. I tried everything to pair my new iPhone 5s.

You must remove prerious phone via voice command, not manually on the stereo.

Once I did deleted and paired via voice command, worked like a charm.

Confirmed for me as well. Going through the voice setup rather than the manual setup and it is working again.

Not sure what the exact issue is but the fix works. Thank you posters.

iPhone 5s

Subaru Outback 2012

Bluetooth auto-connect

Bizarre, but using the audio set up worked for me in my 2013 Outback. Must be a Subaru thing. Thanks!!

Solution worked for me - 2011 Impreza and iPhone 5S. Thanks.

(It's counter intuitive that using the "setup" voice command should make the difference. Nuts!)

This solution worked perfectly for me.

iPhone 6/iOS 8

2013 Subaru Impreza WRX

How do you pair using the voice system? I have the Harman Kardon touchscreen with Navigation. When I hit the handsfree button on the steering wheel the list of commands does not include setup or pair phone or anything like that.