iPhone 6 not connecting to car Bluetooth

I don't know why you'd say Car Play is "sneaky??" It's a new feature, which for cars equipped with this new option, enables many of your phones features to work seamlessly in an equipped car. Nothing sneaky about it. And it you had read the iOS 8 User Guide it is detailed there.

Ok. Maybe "sneaky" is the wrong word to use... Idiotic? Foolish? That may be better fitting...

Understand, that CarPlay messes with the standard car stereo systems out there and they should have kept it DISABLED once installed.

Call it what you will. I fixed my problem due to their negligence. I miss Steve Jobs.

Your post is simply misinformed and quite ridiculous. The new Car Play feature is neither idiotic or foolish. It's simply new and more car companies will most assuredly include it in their automobiles. You may even purchase a car with the system someday.

To also state Car Play messes with car systems out there is also false. It's turned on in my settings and yet all Bluetooth features work just fine in my car. And again, all you had to do was read the user guide to know this feature is available. But I guess that's asking too much of anyone to actually read about the features available in a nearly $800 device.

And finally, I'm simply sick of people channeling Steve Jobs. Yes, he was a brilliant man, who brought Apple back from near extinction, but he was no more a saint, or less prone to misses than Tim Cook. You must not remember Antenna Gate (You're Holding it Wrong) or Proximity Sensor Gate, or even Apple Maps all under Steve's leadership.

It's a simple fact that my fix worked for me.

You can "Apple fan" your comments till the cows come home. Understand, that I just don't care. I did Apple's job for them. If you say that I am wrong, I would laugh wholeheartedly. Please ignore this forum post and just walk away. You bore me...

cnicoletti101 wrote:

It's a simple fact that my fix worked for me.

You can "Apple fan" your comments till the cows come home. Understand, that I just don't care. I did Apple's job for them. If you say that I am wrong, I would laugh wholeheartedly. Please ignore this forum post and just walk away. You bore me...

LOL

I had the same issue and replied in an earlier post. Turns out I was able to fix my issue. I have a 2012 Toyota Tacoma. You have to set up the phone first before the bluetooth audio. Since I already had my last phone set up this was causing an issue. I'd pair the phone, then the audio wouldn't work, I'd pair the audio then the phone wouldn't work. I went at this for hours then gave up. The next morning I started fresh. I deleted all previously paired phones and started over with pairing the "phone only" first, when it asks if I wanted to set up bluetooth audio I said yes. All is good with the world. Now I just have to figure out how to stop getting emails to these replys.

I was able to pair my bluetooth with my CRV 2011, but I get an error message when trying to upload my contacts to Honda computer Phonebook. Tried 3 times and get same error message telling me to try again. Any ideas?

bstoddard wrote:

I was able to pair my bluetooth with my CRV 2011, but I get an error message when trying to upload my contacts to Honda computer Phonebook. Tried 3 times and get same error message telling me to try again. Any ideas?

Try a simple reboot on your phone. Press and hold BOTH the power and home buttons at the SAME time until you see the Apple Logo, then let go of both buttons and your phone will restart. On occasion, I've had issues uploading contacts to my Mercedes system and simple reboot solved it for me.

I had a similar issue with my 2013 Hyundai Elantra GT and the iPhone 6 Plus. I had just purchased the 6+, after a restore session and the applicable updates in iTunes everything looked as it did on my iPhone 4. I hadn't tried pairing the 6+ with the car yet, like you'd expect that to be an issue anyway. Later that day I found that the car wouldn't pair with the new phone, but still easily paired with the iPhone 4. I tried literally everything described in this thread plus a few more, you name it I tried it, no success. The iPhone 6 Plus (with the most current OS) would not talk to my car. By the way, it had issues even finding any bluetooth enabled device and only talked to a select few.

I would have appreciated Apple spending the time to actually test their product prior to launch. This is simply a rookie mistake by Apple, in my opinion. I have been a strong Apple supporter and own many Apple products, but his is inexcusable behaviour by the likes of Apple. I am very dissatisfied. In fact I returned the iPhone 6 Plus in disgust and promptly bought an Android for the first time ever. Sorry Apple, you loose and will continue to loose the support of loyal customers with these kind of errors. Try to do better in the future.

Greg Ehrmantraut

Hello fellow iphone / Bluetooth device users: I have solved my iphone 5 BT problem. I have a Sony Receiver w/Bluetooth, NFC & App Remote Model # MEX-N5000BT. After I updated to ios 8.3, my iphone 5 would no longer play music via Bluetooth. I read the Sony manual and found a key to solving this issue. It says that when connected by a USB cable that the Sony receiver will pair automatically with the iphone device. So, I hooked it up and immediately the iphone was requesting that 2 apps be installed " App Remote" and " Pandora". I installed them both. Then retested and the Bluetooth issue was fixed. It now plays music as it did before the 8.3 update. I hope this also works for you.

Fast forward to June...
It's not an Apple issue.
Your old phone must be deleted from the cars system- even if it's the same name.

Just go to settings find the list of current phones and clear the system.
Reconnect as usual.

Didn't work for me in my 2012 VW Sharan. I've tried various things on this thread, and so has my wife with her iphone 6 - no success, and yet my friend with an iphone 4 can connect without any problems. Weird!

Updated my iPhone 6 to 8.4 & have lost all Bluetooth connections. Does not pair with my 2012 Ford anymore or with my Canon printer or with my Jawbone UP 2. This *****. Hope they do abother update to correct their problems

d. sue wrote:

Updated my iPhone 6 to 8.4 & have lost all Bluetooth connections. Does not pair with my 2012 Ford anymore or with my Canon printer or with my Jawbone UP 2. This *****. Hope they do abother update to correct their problems

There was nothing in 8.4 which should have caused the pairing of your phonne to stop pairing with you car. So, waiting for an Apple update would be foolish, when the vast majority of uses have had zero issues. What troubleshooting things have you done to re-pair your phone with your car?

I had a similar problem with my BMW. I went into settings and set my device accidentally to 'forget this network'. I had to rename my iPhone and reconnected by adding a new paired device. Now, I have an Apple Watch so my phone 6 plus connects to it AND the car since it has the ability to connect to two devices at the same time. Problem - I can't reply on my watch using dictation because the car takes over audio