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KCDavidson Author

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My iPhone5 won't reconnect to my Subaru Forester Bluetooth radio. I have to go and delete the iphone from the radio and pair the phone and radio everytime. I never had this issue with my samsung

I have a 2012 Subaru Forester and when I get in, my iPhone5 won't connect to my Bluetooth radio. I have my Bluetooth radio knows about the phone, but the iPhone5 just won't connect. I have to go and delete the iPhone5 from the radio memory and then pair the radio & the iPhone5 again, then it connects and works great until I shut off the car. Then when I get back in or restart the car I have to go through this all over again. Anybody got any ideas? It is driving me crazy and i just got my iPhone5 a week ago. Now I am not a real iPhone Savvy user, so it may just be something I have not set properly. So can some one Help? Please!

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on May 7, 2013 7:16 AM

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ChrisJ4203

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Posted on May 7, 2013 7:21 AM

The iPhone 5 uses the latest Bluetooth stack. Suggest you contact the auto manufacturer and see if there is an update to the vehicle's system. This is generally what can cause these types of problems. It can take a little while for vehicle manufacturers to have the systems work with newer systems. This would explain why you can connect, but it does not seem to remember the device the next time the vehicle is used.

You can try some of the troubleshooting in this support document http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1664

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Jul 12, 2014 2:54 PM in response to michaelta

Thanks. Worked like a champ! Took a couple minutes to figure out that the voice system was guiding me through the steps, but once I responded to the "listening" message with "set up" the process got underway easily.

Aug 4, 2014 10:15 AM in response to MeisterFritz

The salesman told me the Bluetooth connection for the 2015 Forester will not access the iphone 5s directory, that you have to add each number manually by voice command. This is for the the non-nav system (I don't know about the nav system).

ckupritz

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Oct 1, 2014 4:05 PM in response to KCDavidson

My 2014 Forester and iphone 5s still won't won't stay paired with these instructions, it worked for the first 6 months though! My steering column controls won't let me do the setup without using radio knobs and when it askes me to confirm the phone name it doesn't understand my perfect english! Keeps saying "pardon?" and I can only confirm with radio knobs. Need more suggestions!

Jan 6, 2015 12:53 PM in response to michaelta

Thanks, michaelta! Doing it by voice, rather than controls, worked for me with my 2015 Forester and iphone 6, with iOS 8.1.2.

Jan 20, 2015 9:14 AM in response to michaelta

This completely worked for me. I have an iPhone 4S and a 2013 Outback. Thank you, thank you!

adsilva

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Apr 8, 2015 12:50 PM in response to KCDavidson

This was amazing. I never had a problem with my iPhone5, after connecting once to my Impreza 2013 it always connected back.

But when I got an iPhone6 I had to manually connect every time I got in my car. Incredibly annoying and inefficient.
I followed the instructions in this thread and the connection now works. Only tested for a few days but so far so good.

Thanks!

My iPhone5 won't reconnect to my Subaru Forester Bluetooth radio. I have to go and delete the iphone from the radio and pair the phone and radio everytime. I never had this issue with my samsung