CarPlay ringer volume is painfully loud. It startles you beyond belief when driving.

I just figured it out!!

Ok so when your phone is plugge into CarPlay, keep your music off and use the volume buttons on the left side of your screen. You can also turn it down with these buttons while the phone is ringing. It just worked for me! I thought I was going to blow my speakers because the ringtone has been SO loud!! Now it’s exactly where I want it to be. You don’t have to go into any settings. No complication. Literally just turn the volume down with your screen not your steering wheel

Yes, that didn’t work for me either. What did work for me was going to general setting then sounds/haptic then there is a ringer volume slide tool. Mine was defaulted very high. I slid it to about 50% and my Apple play reflected the change.

I was able to solve this. While it was ringing very loudly I used the volume controls in the car to turn it down. Still works even after restarting the car.

Try this. When you are in your car, adjust the volume of the ringtone, while it is ringing. Not before, not after. While it's playing. Also, not on your phone, in your cars settings.

I have the same issue in my new Volkswagen Passat. None of the things work and when somebody is calling it’s painfully loud even when I turned the volume down while the previous conversation.

Apple should add a separate volume control for CarPlay. It’s dangerous. The ringer is so terrible loud that I feel like I will have a heart attack each time somebody is calling....

This is still an open issue with Apple and they’ve yet to address it all year long. To date there is still no fix to the volume car play issue on 2017 CRV. Apple please help!

I have the same issue. Any time you adjust the volume, it adjust both ringtone and voice together. In normal use, the ringtone should be much louder than voice because we attach the phone to our ear when talking but not when it rings. However, we don’t attach our ear to the panel in car when talking, so the volume discrepancy should be in a different setting.

I figured a way that solves the loud ringing issue. Went to Settings- Sound- to section that says “Ringer and alerts”. I turned that way down.

* You also have to switch the “Change with Buttons” to OFF.

Let me know if this works for you.

thats all well an fine but one the ringer volume is adjusted down you can't hear the persons voice on the other end. then one has to turn the volume back up, and when the next call comes in the volume is too loud again!

To be clear. I’m living in Europe and here it’s fully legal to drive and talk using eg CarPlay, ok?! We are not speaking about texting!

I just asked for some advise and you are not helpful.

Perhaps listening to music while driving should be prohibited too because it’s in the same way dangerous like talking through a hands free. Come on!

Patrykgr wrote:

I don’t talk on the phone while driving. I am talking through CarPlay/ Bluetooth (hands-free).

That is talking on the phone while driving. Handsfree does not make it any safer. Unless you're calling 911, any calls you're making while driving could wait until you are not driving.

What’s the difference when you have both hands on the steering wheel and you are talking through a built in microphone and listening through your car audio to your caller? It’s like you would listening to a song and singing in the same time. You don’t have the phone in your hands. It’s connected with Bluetooth to your car audio...

I really don’t see any danger in this situation

Give it a rest. You’re just being an internet troll. You went out of the way to avoid helping someone and start a fight. Anyone who reads this, knows what you are doing, and knows you are wrong. Go do something helpful for a change. By the way, I wrote this while watching a show, entertaining a toddler, and chewing gum. (Some people can multitask better than others)

I just bought a 2018 Honda Civic Hatchback sport Touring. When I’m connected to CarPlay I feel like my ringtone is going to blow my speakers. It’s unbelievably loud!