iPhone 6 not connecting to car Bluetooth

So I too have an IPhone 6 Plus with sudden connectivity issues with the phone. I could Bluetooth stream music no problem. Tried doing the resetting on the phone, deleting the devices. I even callled Sync troubleshooting and they suggested I take it to a dealership and have a "hard reset" done.

So I called the dealership and they said it could take 4 hours!!!!

I went ahead and scheduled it and as soon as I got off the phone with them I decided to give something else a shot.

I located the fuse box and removed the fuse that powered the Sync radio and put it back in and IT WORKED!!!!

The solution is very easy, you don't need restore the iOS or reset anything in the iphone, how you used old Apple device in the car Bluetooth

And the new iphone 6 have some different Bluetooth feature, the only you need to do is>

clear the car bluetooth memory (history connections). And it will work perfectly!!!

good luck !!

nilayanand wrote:

Same is happening with my iPhone6+ and I'm unable to pair it with Sony BLUR-RAY Home Theatre. The other device easily get paired whereas iPhone6+ not.

Your issue is completely different. Most people were reporting issues connecting to car systems. What are you trying to stream to your Blu Ray? I'm not aware that iPhone can pair with a Blu Ray player. You say other devices can, which ones can?

Sorry, I know there are a ton of posts and solutions on this strand, but I just went through it with my older car (a 2006 Lexus is250 w/ Navigation for those in a similar situation) and after speaking with Lexus, chatting with Apple Care for 45+ minutes and searching online, I finally resolved the issue after going to my dealership. After deleting all of my old phones from my car's bluetooth settings, I tried pairing and my phone would read the car as a "1" and once I hit it, the car would still announce that it failed to connect. At the dealership we discovered if we typed my iPhone's device name (my phone called itself "iPhone") before hitting REGISTER on my car, it worked (not case specific as it was all caps on my car). Before the new phone, the car automatically read my device and filled the name in. So, the new step was having to write the device's name in for it. Not sure if that will solve anyone else's problems, but it worked for my Lexus.

not sure if you were ever able to connect your iPhone 6 to your blue tooth but I figured out finally after several attempts how to connect my iPhone 6. On your iPhone Under your Bluetooth settings were it says now discoverable ie. First name last name's iPhone. When your bluetooth device your trying to connect to, asks you for a name of device you have to use the one on your phone. Usually your first last name and then iPhone. At least this worked for me. Hope this makes since and helps.

I got my iPhone 6 plus and I have Bluetooth on my Pioneer car stereo system that has synced with my previous iPhones and allowed me to access my contacts as well as use the Bluetooth to answer calls. It took several tries to get it to pair with the iPhone 6 plus. I finally had to delete the previous pairings of my other iPhones (which were still in the system) and then start over to pair the phone. Then it worked. Although one feature is different. On my previous phones when I was in the car and Bluetooth was on and the phone rang, I could answer it through the Bluetooth system or, if I wanted the call to be private, answer it with the iPhone. On my iPhone screen there were choices and I could chose to answer via the iPhone. On the 6 plus, that feature isn't there. Anyone else know about this part of the Bluetooth on the 6 plus?

I am having the same issue. Actually, my iphone 6 will not connect to most bluetooth devices but it is my car that irrates me the most. I have loved all my Apple devices but this one stinks. If I could, I would return my phone and keep my old Iphone. I never had an issue with it. (I drive a 2011 Ford Taurus.)

I'm having issues as well but thought it was just me. I had issues when I first got our truck and finally had a friend set it up for me. I now have a iPhone 6+ and my friend has moved...so. I went out to try it again myself. I have no issues connecting. I can set up the phone no issues. I can set up the BT audio no issues. Only problem I can't have both. I can either use my phone as a phone, or as a music device. I go to set up the phone and it removes/disconnects the music. I go to set up the music and it disconnects/removes the phone. I played this game for about two hours and am now fed up. I swear I had this issue before and my friend figured it out for me. The instructions for the 2012 Toyota Tacoma are less than to be desired. I consider myself pretty computer savvy but this has got me stumpped. I'll probably resort to just setting up the phone and connecting the phone with a cord.

We had heard all these nightmares and decided not to upgrade the 5S or buy the new 6+ until they were worked out. We had an Apple rep working with us, actually coming out to our car (2014 Acura MDX) on his break with an upgraded 5S and a 6+ and he tried everything thing mentioned in the community forums, no luck. Finally he called us to say there was a rumor that a major fix was ready to be released (around Thanksgiving). Still no help. We upgraded two iPads and are so sorry because of the problems. I just read that there is an Apple iPhone 8 coming up in the summer! They can't even get the 6 to work! I really do not believe it is a car problem at all, it is the Apple products. We've talked to Acura and they say they have no problems with any other products, Androids, Googles, etc. Just the new iPhones. So we keep our old 5S with no upgrade that has all the functions working. 😕

Sandy-H wrote:

We had heard all these nightmares and decided not to upgrade the 5S or buy the new 6+ until they were worked out. We had an Apple rep working with us, actually coming out to our car (2014 Acura MDX) on his break with an upgraded 5S and a 6+ and he tried everything thing mentioned in the community forums, no luck. Finally he called us to say there was a rumor that a major fix was ready to be released (around Thanksgiving). Still no help. We upgraded two iPads and are so sorry because of the problems. I just read that there is an Apple iPhone 8 coming up in the summer! They can't even get the 6 to work! I really do not believe it is a car problem at all, it is the Apple products. We've talked to Acura and they say they have no problems with any other products, Androids, Googles, etc. Just the new iPhones. So we keep our old 5S with no upgrade that has all the functions working. 😕

Not sure where you heard an iPhone 8 is coming out, since no such product has been announced from Apple, and it would be odd for them to totally skip over the '7' (also not yet announced).

Let me ask you this; if it's a problem with the iPhone 6 and/or the iOS, then why does my iPhone 6 running iOS 8.1.2 have no issue with any of my Bluetooth devices at home or in any of my cars?

Basic logical troubleshooting states that if a device works with multiple systems, but does not work with on other system, then all other things being equal, the fault lies in the specific system that doesn't work.

Consider it like this;

I send an email to Andrew. He receives it and replies, and I receive the reply.

I send an email to Brad. He receives it and replies, and I receive the reply.

I send an email to Charles. He receives it and replies, and I receive the reply.

I send an email to David. He receives it and replies, and I receive the reply.

I send an email to Edward. He does not receive it.

Who's email account is the most likely one to be at fault; mine or Edward's?

Hi I have an iphone 6 it has many problems. It occasionally freezes but the most annoying of the problems is with the Bluetooth when using my handsfree in my Mitsubishi Lancer 2011. Like many other posts I can receive a call but when I make a call it will not connect to make a call handsfree it slips from handfree mode in Apple OS to iphone. It is seriously a massive problem and extremely dangerous. My iphone 5 worked like a dream. I'm yet to try my iphone 5 with the new OS 8.1.2 in the car. I am wondering if newer car bluetooth handsfree systems have been upgraded and the new phone is designed to suit newer systems? I notice that 119,000 people have viewed this support problem so the 213 people who have replied are just a fraction of the people that have had or are still having Bluetooth issue. I'm going to Apple tomorrow and want an answer.

I also had this problem. I updated my iPhone 4 to a 6 and transferred all my data via iTunes. To solve this I went to settings then general then reset at the bottom of the list. Chose reset network settings and run it. Once done go to you car switch the car kiit on and in Bluetooth forget this device. Turn Bluetooth off and then on again. Pair the iPhone 6 again And it should now work ok even after you have turned off the car power. You will need to restore wifi codes etc for router if you have one.

I'm curious... did you ever get this figured out? You got me thinking when you mention an aftermarket Bluetooth adapter. I'm on my second GROM Audio Bluetooth adapter (2nd car I've used one in). They have a limit of 2 paired devices. I believe you mentioned the unit was in the vehicle when you purchased it, so that could be where your issue lies. The previously paired phone(s) was/were probably not removed from the unit.

If you do have a GROM unit, the pairing has to be performed immediately after the unit boots (a window of only several seconds). Have your iPhone in discovery mode when you start the system (car). You should see "GROM CAR" pop up. Select it, and the pairing should go through (provided there is at least 1 opened spot available on the unit for pairing).

If you do have a GROM and need instructions for clearing the stored phone list, I can assist you.

Hi.

I was with the same issue with my new iPhone 6.

i I have a Ford Escape.

What I did was to follow the instruction provided by Ford: my car came with a supplemental guide manual

to sync your phone bluetooth with your car Bluetooth.

General steps:

1. Turn on your car and your car radio. Your car need to be in park.

2. Make sure that your iPhone Bluetooth is on by going to setting and turning the Bluetooth on.

3. Using the car radio controls, press the phone icon or enter the phone menu.

4. Scroll repeatedly until system setting appears in the radio display.

5. Press ok ( the ok button is on you radio ) to confirm and enter the system setting menu.

6. Scroll repeatedly using the arrow until the DEVICE appears in the radio display.

7. Scroll until ADD DEVICE appears in the display. Press ok.

8. follow instructions

9. When FIND SYNC appears in the display, press ok. A 6 digit pin will appear in the radio display.

10. Open your phone setting and go to Bluetooth and enter the pin # using your phone keypad.

11. The system will start to connect and when finish you will see in your car radio display that your phone is connected.

Ok.. Not sure if this will work for Bluetooth, but Apple did something a bit sneaky with IOS8.

Ever heard of CarPlay? Yeah. They enabled this feature on the new OS.

To shut it off, go to General > Restrictions > CarPlay. Disable it.

Then, reset your network settings.

It worked for my Nissan Rogue iPod hookup. Give it a shot. It is an interim fix at best until they fix it on their end. Good luck.