Wireless Carplay disconnects at the same place on my commute with new iPhone 13

Upgraded to iPhone 14 pro with IOS 16 and it’s still happening to me at the same area of my commute. Super frustrating, comical they’re trying to take over the full function of the car in future releases and they cant get it to reliably steam music. Le sigh. Using USB ONLY for the foreseeable future. Thanks apple!

I have the exact same issue, in the exact same spot, going North on 75, it’s starts getting spotty at Campbell, and it full on crashes at Galatyn. I’ve spent time on the phone with Apple, Kenwood & AT&T, and none of them seem to know anything.

Right when you are coming up to 35? This is the other spot I have problems with it, and it really sucks, cause I don’t know that side of town. The first couple times it happened over there, I had to go 121 to 35 South, to 30 West, which is in pretty quick succession, I totally got lost.

There are two places where I encounter it, going from the Mid-Cities to Fort Worth, I lose it just after the bridge over the Trinity as you are passing Richland Hills and entering Haltom City, that one lasts the longest but it does eventually reconnect, the second one is as you are passing Sylvania and approaching I35, that one is very quick. AT&T is aware of both issues, the one at the bridge/trinity is because there is no place that they can put a tower that will cover 121 due to the river and flood plain. This affects all carriers. The second one is more of a mystery to them but has never been fixed. I also get a deteriorating signal at Campbell and lose it shortly after that for about a minute. Same thing near Bachman Lake due to the airport.

There won't be anything anything that Apple and the carriers can do about the ones where they can't place a tower due to property/radar/airport. There is also a spot in Reston, Virginia where everything fails, including the car navigation but that is for a different reason and again nothing can be done.

P.S. The dead spot near the river has been there since I had my first Nokia phone that I got from Hawk Electronics using SBC Mobile. Since Hawk is almost exactly at that location demos could be an issue for them.

As a Dallas guy, loosing GPS in Ft. Worth is a horrible situation to be in, lol. I have another spot in Dallas on 75 it happens at, someone else had posted about that one in this thread.

It does help to know that it’s not just me, or my devices. I’ll see what happens when I limit my phone to LTE when on CarPlay and see if that helps.

That said, I’m really getting fed up with AT&T around here. I got where I couldn’t send MMS pictures at home. I jumped off my Wi-Fi, and I had 4 bars of 5G, but couldn’t do anything data related, phone calls was it. I called AT&T, the girl was really helpful, she pulled up the tower info and it had a note that it was limited to voice calling only, they are waiting on parts, and they won’t be in till December. So I can’t send pictures via MMS at home, and I do a lot of home automation stuff, and when I get home there are things that happen when I’m inside the geofence. That’s great and all, but my phone has no data connection, so it can’t send out that I’m in the geofence. I had to turn it all off, because when I would leave, my phone would send out “inside fence” but the signal wouldn’t go thru, then I would leave the geofence, and it’s trying to send “outside fence” when I finally get a data connection again, I guess it is still trying to send both, and “outside fence” gets sent first, then “inside fence”. So I’d leave, and 3 mins later my garage door would open up.

Yep, that’s exactly what happened to me with my 2017 Honda Accord. After changing the location settings on my Alexa app from “Always Allow” to “Allow While Using” I haven’t noticed that issue since. However I’m sure this may be an issue with other apps as well. Glad we were able to find a workaround!

This happens to me as well, but I have an iPhone 11 Pro Max. It only happens at one specific intersection in my city, but it happens every single time. Something in the area must interfere with the Bluetooth or WiFi signal…

I have exactly same issue. It happens on the exact spot on a particular commute on the highway and it has nothing to do with time because it happens when I return home which is much longer than when I leave home.

I have an iPhone XS Max.

It appears to happen when I leave my house and get to the edge of my neighborhood. Seems to me like it happens when the phone disconnects from my wifi and connects to cell service. It lasts maybe 10-20 seconds then sounds normal again. Perhaps a buffering issue?!

I have had the same issue with my apple car play. In the same location, without fail, apple car play disconnects from my car and will not connect again until I get a few blocks away from the location. I’m sure it is some sort of interference but not sure from what.

However, I noticed this not when I got a new phone but when Verizon started switching to 5g. Not sure if that is the reason.

I have the same issue. If my iPhone is connected through Wi-Fi CarPlay to my bmw when I pass by any toll or speed camera the call sound disappears. But the other person is still hearing you. I have to pass the call to the device and put it again to CarPlay. And it starts working well.

if I have my phone in regular Bluetooth nothing bad happens.

with other cars my iPhone was working well because the car-iPhone connection is by cable.

unfortunately with my Bmw I can’t choose the wire connection. CarPlay always goes by Wi-Fi.

the problem is the interference of the toll system with Wi-Fi.

it is very annoying.

My wifi disconnects as soon as I’m out of my driveway.

you didn’t read my post properly.

how can I be connected to my wifi, kilometers away from home, and why does it always happen at the same geological spot on the highway??????

You didn’t read my reply properly. It wasn’t in response to you.

For the record I have the same issue and still looking for a fix. kjones is describing something different.

Oh and feel free to kindly GFY before replying again. ;)

Yes, I absolutely agree with you it’s RFI (radio frequency interference) , in my car without fail only happens on the same spot on the highway.

Not sure though if it’s Apple issue or device manufacturer.

Emailed manufacturer twice but other than Google translate sweet talk I guess from Chinese they only sent a link to reload firmware but same problem.

In my view it could also be car manufacturers who have not yet perfected Carplay into their cars