Bluetooth not working on IPhone XS

Just got my iPhone XS Max 64 GB and Bluetooth works except for my car. For the first day, the Bluetooth connected over and over perfectly fine but then it just stopped. It isn’t discoverable anymore by my car and wont even find my cars Bluetooth anymore to pair.

Anyone else have this issue? My car is a 2014 Honda Accord Coupe btw.

The same for me. IPhone XS, 64 GB, the person I talk to in the phone via car-kit stops hearing me. Sometimes after 1-3 sec, other times after 20-30 sec even 1 min. It is not the same each time. It’s like the microphone stops working ....

The same for me. IPhone XS, 64 GB, the person I talk to in the phone via car-kit stops hearing me. Sometimes after 1-3 sec, other times after 20-30 sec even 1 min. It is not the same each time. It’s like the microphone stops working ....

I even had my phone replaced with a new one (not that other one was old). And the issue is the same.

While I was waiting for the phone replacement, I went back to my old iPhone 7, with the same iOS 12.0.1 (latest update), the same I had on the XS. The iphone 7 works perfectly.

No I didn't.

I had to return 2 XS Max's & 1 XS all having bluetooth issues.

2 of the phones were returned before IOS 12.0.1 came out. The 3rd one returned after IOS 12.0.1 as it didn't help.

All phones were returned within 14 days so I got the refund.

Now I have the XR 256GB with no bluetooth issues or LTE issues.

Im not sure what's happening with the XS model phones.

Hi. Posted this elsewhere and your mmv. I unpaired my Xs from one car (the other one never paired so there was no unpairing to do) and then Reset Network Settings by going to Settings>General>Reset Network Settings...you may need to enter your passcode and you will be asked to confirm (make sure you ONLY select Reset Network Settings). I then powercycled the phone (though I don't think this step is necessary, just insurance). For some reason, the phone's name is wiped out when you reset the network settings, so I reentered the phone name by going to Settings>General>About>Name. I then paired with bluetooth once by having the car search for the phone and another time by having the phone search for the car. Both cars paired successfully and both autoconnect now when I enter them. This also worked for my wife's Xs. When I recently rented a car, the phone was detected and paired without a problem. Reset Network Settings worked for me, so it's worth a try. Good luck.

rover3d wrote:

Hi. Posted this elsewhere and your mmv. I unpaired my Xs from one car (the other one never paired so there was no unpairing to do) and then Reset Network Settings by going to Settings>General>Reset Network Settings...you may need to enter your passcode and you will be asked to confirm (make sure you ONLY select Reset Network Settings). I then powercycled the phone (though I don't think this step is necessary, just insurance). For some reason, the phone's name is wiped out when you reset the network settings, so I reentered the phone name by going to Settings>General>About>Name. I then paired with bluetooth once by having the car search for the phone and another time by having the phone search for the car. Both cars paired successfully and both autoconnect now when I enter them. This also worked for my wife's Xs. When I recently rented a car, the phone was detected and paired without a problem. Reset Network Settings worked for me, so it's worth a try. Good luck.

Tried this today, and I am happy to say that it is working so far. Thank you!

I just purchased the Xs Max and it won't connect to my car. Im so frustrated. My car detects my husband's 7, new watch and 2 x phones. The problem is my new phone. Im not able to get apple to acknowledge the problem. Im running 12.1 .

My new Iphone XS worked a while but do no longer sending any sound from the mic through the car system. I could only hear what people say.

Do anyone have a siniliar problem?

I have a Audi TTS 2015 with the larrge entertainment system.

I had this same problem with my new XS Max and it was super frustrating. I was able to solve it by resetting my network settings. Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings. This is inconvenient because it wipes out your known networks (eg Wifi at home, work, etc.), but worth the hassle because now my devices are paired and haven’t had trouble since the reset. Doing this did not wipe passwords or any other data as far as I know. Good luck!

Sorry to hear it. In my case the vehicle was recognizing the phone, but not the other way around. I also deleted the phone from the list of vehicle devices before resetting the data. Hope you can figure it out.

There are two different "pairings" Bluetooth devices can do, one for phone calls and one for music players.

If this is a car, you may want to double check that your car has paired as both; most cars allow you an option so that if you so choose you can use your phone over Bluetooth but use USB for music.

As everyone on this thread has pointed out, our cars pair with other iPhones and Android phones for audio. That eliminates the car configuration and pinpoints the audio problem as specific to the XS model.

me too. My iphone XS with ios 12.1 won’t pair with my pioneer DEH-09bt in-dash radio. Erased network and bluetooth settings on the phone, erased bluetooth settings and pairings on the radio. Now the phone claims to be connected, but the radio says ‘connection failed’.

Might help to specify which brand of cars when you state "it works" as the problems are clearly tied to specific implementations.

The XS is known not to work with a number of manufacturers, regardless of Network Reset. In pre-CarPlay GM autos (including Chevy...) the phone will pair with MyLink for voice, but randomly drops the connection, randomly fails connection, and won't stream audio at all.

In the CarPlay-enabled MyLink the voice quality is so bad it's unusable, and requires people to disconnect the CarPlay cable and use headsets.

And for me, my Xs Max connects to my Mercedes 2018 E400 and Mercedes 2019 E450. Both did immediately, without any issue whatsoever. We had a 2018 E300, which also connected, but we traded the E300 for the E450.