CarPlay not working with iPhone 16 Pro

So here was my fix for my Ford. I did not have to reset anything or jump thru hoops. What I found is, when I got my iPhone 16 I tried to connect with a USB type 2 cable with a USB c to my phone. Couldn’t communicate. My simple fix was going back to the original usb type 2(my 2020 truck connection ) and bought a $5 e75( old iPhone plug) to USBc off Amazon. Plugged the usbc into my 16 pro max and the e75 into that. Worked and CarPlay started in my truck. Seems the communication channel works thru the e75 pin out but not thru direct UsBc. Plug this into you usbc on your phone and your old e75 from your cable you were using into the slotted end

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I don't have bluetooth car play--I need a corded. My iPhone 12, I just used a USB cable to my phone, never had one problem.

I just updated from iphone 12 pro to 16 pro. how do i get it linked to my carplay in my 2018 kia niro?

Have you tried getting a better usb to usbC cable? I see that lots are saying some of the cables aren’t working.

Hurray...it works!!! Opel Customer service helped me out and found the final solution!!! I have an Opel Astra from 2018 which doesn't support cordless Carplay. Nothing worked, tried many different cables, even an wireless adapter but the real solution is in the menu. Connect your Iphone with a cable, select in the dashboard screen of your car the option "Projection", if asked for give admission to connect your Iphone and it will show the Carplay menu on the screen. Then, choose in settings of the Iphone Carplay and the car will be shown in the menu. I am thrilled it finally works. Hope it will work for other cars too.

There is no way you could have known in advance… If the CarPlay implementation in the Toyota CHR is sufficiently old, and though it may have worked with your iPhone 12, there is no assurance that it would have worked with an iPhone 15 Pro either.

Verify with the Toyota service department that no outstanding CarPlay update is available for your vehicle, and then review the owner's manual to confirm you are doing everything correctly to pair the iPhone 16 with your vehicle. What I mentioned above about the lack of multi-link BlueTooth may also be an issue where you cannot have the phone paired to two separate Bluetooth connections in the vehicle.

I have iphone 16 pro and rexton 2024 model car . The android auto just work fine but when i connect my iphone it doesn't work and the old iphone 13 works fine . I have reset the car and iphone but doesn't work and also change my cable and used box cable as well but no response it just charge the iphone nothing else

Bz4x snd iphobe 16 pro max suddenly. Not working, happened with a previous yoyota snd iphone as well. Both companies pointing fingers at eachother (insert spiderman meme here). About to delete previous phone and reinstall this one.

I have a Volkswagen Tiguan (2019) and Jetta (2018) and could not get my iPhone 16 Max Pro to connect. Based on all the suggestions I found online this is what I did to fix it:

I ordered a usb-a to usb-c data transfer cord. Apparently some charging cords only charge and do not transfer data. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I went into settings on my iPhone and then Content & Privacy restrictions and turned off CarPlay and turned off my iPhone and switched it back on.

I went into my car and deleted all existing phone connection. Then on my iPhone went into my bluetooth settings, located my car connection and hit “forgot this device”.

I then went into settings on my iPhone and then Content & Privacy restrictions and turned on CarPlay and turned off my iPhone and switched it back on.

I then added my iPhone to my car via Bluetooth first and then plugged my phone in with the cord I purchased and it worked.

Okay, I finally figured it out. If you have a wireless connected CarPlay, you have to unpair from car and from phone, DELETE the wireless connection out of your saved networks under settings-wifi-edit delete the car’s network and then re-pair CarPlay the usual way. Took me all day to figure out!

I have the same issue with my iPhone 16 Pro. My 15 pro worked fine.

I solved the issue!

screen time>content & privacy information >car play (was disabled)

as soon as I enabled it my car prompted to finish setting up car play and everything showed up again.

I had the same problem with my Honda Accord. All I needed was an Apple USB-C to Lightning adapter for my old cord. This was after I bought a new (non Apple) USB C to USB A cord that didn’t work. The Apple Store salesperson explained that some cords will only charge but not carry data. My Honda’s Car Play prompted me if I wanted to use the new phone with Car Play. Works fine now.

I agree with the comments here. The joy of getting the new iPhone 16 Pro Max was quickly diminished when I plugged in carplay and all I get is static, garbled voices and every other word is dropped. I have tried three different and purchased a new Apple cord and the Apple USB-C to Lightning adapter...which also didn't improve anything. I have spent hours on the phone with AT&T, my provider, I spent two hours in the "Genius" Bar last night and still haven't been helped. Everyone passes the buck and I'm left with a non-operable carplay. I had not one bit of trouble with my 13 Pro...everything is connected to this phone upgrade. I just want a solution.