Apple Carplay stopped working Accord 2018

I tried all these things and more. Talking to both Honda link and Apple Care people didn’t work. The Honda link person ended up recommending a complete reset of all the car's electronic controls that would take a long time to reprogram. The Apple Care person had no knowledge of Car Play and had to ask around. A waste of time. About the point I was getting really burned iOS 12.1 was suddenly available. After I installed 12.1 on my Xs CarPlay began to work on my Ridgeline. I’m thinking it was probably just abother bug, now fixed.

In my case, on my 2016 Honda Accord Touring, the Apple CarPlay field has abruptly disappeared from my Home screen altogether, replaced by "Smartphone." If you choose that, you get to a screen asking if you want to enable CarPlay. If you select Enable, it takes you to a screen showing which phones you can enable. If you choose the phone you have connected, it takes you BACK to the screen asking if you want to enable CarPlay. It just cycles back and forth between the two.

CarPlay has been working flawlessly with Apple Maps for at least a year, and more recently accommodated the Deezer, TuneInRadio and Google Maps apps as well. No problems until today, when it simply disappeared from the Home menu as if it had never been there.

Has anyone had a similar experience? Any suggestions? Help will be welcomed gratefully!

Einstein's comment about insanity came back to me when I did the same thing you tried, over and over. There are several other cures suggested in this blog, but I haven’t tried them. The only thing that worked was installing iOS 12.1 which is now available. i think Apple put out an earlier iOS, maybe 12.0.1, that messed up Carplay on Hondas.

This could be an actual internal problem has issues with mine as well where it would freeze. Not sure if honda has to update carplay in delarship or not but it's worth taking it in especially because it is still free as it's in warrenty.

I bought my 2018 Accord 2 weeks ago, and Apple CarPlay worked great up until yesterday. The only thing I can figure is when I did the most recent update on Monday night to iOS 12.1.1, it blocked me from using Apple CarPlay Tuesday morning. I did every thing I could think of to get it to work. I tried 3 different Apple phone charger cords, turned my phone off then on, then deleted my phone off my Accord Bluetooth. Nothing worked. I called the dealership that I bought the car from, and they were clueless on why Apple CarPlay would not work. I searched Google about the problem, and came to this website. I tried the suggestion on the responses and went to Setting, Factory Data Reset and was able to get Apple CarPlay to work again. However, I lost all my data that I had programed into the Accord Navigation system. I'm happy that I was able to get Apple CarPlay to work again, but for a car I just bought 14 days ago and spent $38 k, you think after a year of complaints about this problem, someone would figure out a solution. I like the Apple CarPlay feature. It's a lot safer using the Apps on Apple CarPlay on my Accord screen, than trying to use the phone while driving.

@PAC81,

Sorry to read that you went through the same experience many of us have during the past year. I bought my '18 CRV last December and began having the CarPlay connection issues a month into ownership. I never stressed over it, as my $30k investment was for the vehicle itself and its great track record of reliability and build quality. To me, the CarPlay was just a novelty that I could live without. WRONG! I quickly learned just how useful CarPlay is vs the built-in Bluetooth features of the stereo system. I lived with the issue for months until about October, when I noticed that the CarPlay issue disappeared and it's performed flawlessly ever since. I never tried any of the suggestions in this thread, as it seemed they all failed after a short period. Anyway, I hope your resolution is permanent. Just curious, as I don't have Navigation as part of my in-dash system. What data did you enter into the Navigation system? Just fyi...not that you'll ever use it since you have Nav, but Waze app is now available for use in CarPlay. I love that app alot better than Apple Maps or even Google Maps. It's really cool to be able to view the Waze map on the dash screen now, instead of looking at my phone.

When I reset the Network settings, I lost my addresses that I entered into the Navigation System. I also lost my settings for my stereo equalizer, and my favorite radio stations. The reason I like to use the Honda Navigation system instead of Waze, on my 2018 Accord Touring, there is a "Heads Up" feature that projects on the drivers side windshield your mph, the posted speed limit, and when using the Navigation System, will alert you when you need to make a turn. I find this feature safer to use since you don't have to take your eyes off the road. When nearing a turn, the projection on the windshield shows you the left or right turn arrow and how many feet away from the turn.

Prior to buying my 2018 Accord, I owned a 1999 Accord. It served me well for almost 20 years. I appreciate the suggestion of Waze. I do love that app. That was my go to navigation app when I drove my 99 Accord.

I am happy to say my CarPlay is still working after I Reset the Network settings. I am crossing my fingers that I do not have to Reset again.

Same issue in a 19 Insight. Only way around it is to factory reset the HU on the car. But that’s only a TEMPORARY fix as it always happens. Funny enough is that my work iPhone 7+ has no issue. Only my previous iPhone X and now XR have the issue. It has been this way since I bought it and thru all iOS updates.

And an update was released and now this...

I’ve had it happened to me a few times since deleting the Google maps and Waze. I guess it’s not tied to those two apps. I also got a new pop up once the head unit quit on me. See attached.

How is a hard reset done in the car. Is this something I need to take to Honda or something I can do myself? I’m having the same issues.

This worked for me too, with 2018 FIT. It's helpful to write down radio presets and any settings you care about (e.g. unlock all doors vs driver door only) before doing the reset.