BT Audio Connection Dropping with iPhone 6, iOS 8.4 and 2013 Subaru Forester

I'm wondering if this is at all related to the problem I've been having.

I have a new 2015 Crosstrek Hybrid Touring model. I have no problem at all getting my iPhone 6 to connect to the car's bluetooth, and I can play the music on my iTunes through the car's infotainment system, and make and receive calls just fine.

Here's my problem: After SOME, but not all, phone calls using the car's bluetooth, the radio stops working. I can't get FM or AM at all, though I can get SiriusXM (I'm still on my free trial for that). Even when I listen to Sirius, it cuts out for a minute or two at a time (or more), and I get silence, then the Sirius will usually work again for a bit. I can also switch to listen to iTunes from my phone using the bluetooth, but just like Sirius, it goes silent periodically for long-ish (1+ minute) periods of time. When that happens, I've figured out that the songs keep playing, I just can't hear them on the car's stereo (or on the phone, since it is still connected to the car through the bluetooth). I can make or receive more calls, they're fine, I just can't get regular broadcast radio, and have these coming-and-going problems with iTunes and Sirius.

When this happens, if I change Sirius stations, it often takes quite some time for the station change to actually happen, and if I change a couple too many times (which I do, since I'm getting extremely frustrated with my very expensive car stereo system on my brand new car not working at this point, as well as with the possibility that I'll be spending the bulk of my 40-minute commute in SILENCE because of the problems), it just stops working completely, and the car's screen gets the spinning-circle-thinking thing.

The one and only way to fix this problem, and this works every single time, is to turn the car's engine off and back on. Which is all well and good when I have a red light to sit at for 15-30 seconds or more, but not so helpful when I'm on the freeway.

I have taken my car back to Subaru three times now (they have it right now, in fact) for them to try to fix it and, so far, they have not been able to. They're apparently installing yet another new infotainment system in the car today, to see if that will work. Given everything, I'm not thinking it will, though I cannot figure out if it's a Subaru problem or an Apple problem. I have iOS 8.4 on my phone, and I'm afraid to upgrade to 8.4.1 lest things get even worse.

One more interesting note-- I had a 2014 Crosstrek Hybrid (not Touring, but the lower model with the slightly less spiffy infotainment system-- no Sirius, no Navi, but still with bluetooth calling and all of that) before it was destroyed in a tornado and I bought the '15. When I upgraded from an iPhone 4S to the iPhone 6, it worked JUST FINE with the 2014 Crosstrek's system. (OK, I had the pairing problem that everyone talks about, where I had to keep repairing the phone to the car every time I got in. Per one suggestion I found on these forums, I paired the phone using the steering wheel buttons instead of the dashboard, and it worked perfectly from then on.) I bought the '15 at the beginning of July, and I have had these problems with the phone from the very beginning.

I just got the phone in May, and I have no intention of changing phones or cars because of this. Apple and/or Subaru need to fix this problem, it's absolutely ridiculous that my $750 phone won't work with my $31,000 car.

Hey Apple, hey Subaru, there are A LOT of us who have both of your products, and NO VALID REASON why they should not play nice together!! FIX IT!!!!!

iPhone 6 (64GB), iOS 8.4, 2015 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid Touring (in the best color, Plasma Green!)

'15 WRX STI, iPhone 6, apple watch here. I have this exact same problem. Almost every time I drive lately after a few minutes of driving, the bluetooth audio drops but sometimes the radio will continue to display track information. Sometimes the display says "Please wait connecting" or whatever. When this happens, usually the BT icon stays lit on the radio but the battery and signal strength icons disappear. Sometimes cycling the audio input back around to bluetooth audio fixes the issue but 75% of the time the car needs to be completely shut off and turned back on. Restarting the phone doesn't work, toggling bluetooth off then on does not work and toggling airplane mode doesn't either. I have an apple watch as well which I know communicates via bluetooth with the phone. The start of this problem didn't directly coincide with me getting the watch but it has only happened since I've had the watch.

Ok, this post triggered a thought about my situation. Back in May my wife had my car for a few days and paired her phone with it. Shortly there after is when my problems began. I didn't put 2 and 2 together until you mentioned it. I unpaired her phone yesterday and have driven the car 4 times with ZERO problems so far (the problem was occurring every time I drove).

Perhaps I'm jumping the gun because I haven't given it enough time but I believe this is the answer. The car can't have more than one paired device.

Lame. I'll be complaining to subaru now.

Thanks for your help!

so it turns out I spoke too soon. the last couple of days the problem presented itself again. Back to the dealership I go.