CarPlay not working after iOS 18.3.2 update

Same here. Tried a diff phone (work phone) and it connected. Tried restarting, tried a diff cord, tried forgetting the car and now it can’t find it at all.

I updated to 18.4.1 this morning. Still the same issue :-(.

I removed BT entry on my iPhone and also the connection entry in my BMW iDrive. I even did a Network Settings restore on my iPhone (as suggested here also ...).

This is really getting annoying and ridiculous. So very disappointed now in the Apple ecosystem...

Same for me. In addition to this I can't connect to my airpods. I have been trying to with two different sets of airpods. I did all the tutorial stuff like restart, reset settings, airplane mode, bluetooth on/off, etc. I then did forget devices and now I can't pair them back with my phone.

All the steps above repeated several times do not work. CarPlay will not appear on my car's media. This is so frustrating what the heck did Apple do with that system update to mess so many people up?

Same here. My phone connects to my car but the media won’t play. I can make phone calls but no music. Re paired, reboot. Nothing has helped.

I downloaded 18.4 yesterday, 3/31 and still the same issue - my iphone 16 will not connect to car play. What version did you guys download to fix the issue?

Exact same thing here. My 16 Pro has iOS 18.3.2 and connects through Bluetooth (media+tel), but can't connect with CarPlay. My wife has the exact same 16 Pro, but still with iOS 18.3.1 and her phone connects without any issues.

We're not connecting with a cable, all wireless. Brand new BMW X1 with latest iDrive version.

I don't know whether this will help; right now all is working fine with the latest iPhone upgrade which for me is 18.3.2. When I did have the issue, I had to reset the system on my Honda CRV, and after that it set up fine. I figured it out myself after Honda nor Apple could help.

I'm having the same issues - followed all the recommended steps and still won't pair

Same here... I have iphone mini 12 with ios 8.3.2 and I drive a BYD Dolphin. Previously (7 months of ownership), I have never encountered any issue with the apple carplay. But since 8.3.2, I have encountered connection issues twice. Tried forgetting device and re-pairing without any success. The only that works in both situations I encountered were : restarting both my iphone and resetting my infotainment system.

Same here. Installed 18.4. Phone connects to car for phone calls but will not play music or anything in the bluetooth option. Worked before 18.3.2. Husband and daughters phones won't work either. Deleted, repaired. No change. So mad!

@apple - please fix this!

I was experiencing the loss of corded CarPlay with my 16 pro max and running 18.3.2 but it was intermittent then stopped all together. I tried to buy a wireless CarPlay adapter off amazon and same thing worked for awhile solid, sporadic then completely nothing. So I said f it I went years without it and use Bluetooth to do everything. My phone connects thru Bluetooth to my car but sometimes it will say it’s connected and play but nothing comes over the speakers. This I found I needed to forget the device on my phone and car and reconnect everything was the fix (tried various combos of forgetting, disabling and power cycling).

A friend’s 14 was acting the same as mine, cables would charge and CarPlay worked intermittently on my car for corded CarPlay and the wireless adapter.

Well today $115 later the dealership told me nothing was wrong and one of their techs had a 12 on 18.3.2 that works but the 14,15 and 16 that were tried were not functional running that. They would not connect to the wireless adapter because it was after market :-/ but after the update and 2 days at the dealership I was able to connect to wireless CarPlay. If it wouldn’t have worked I was about to go to Apple and have them revert my phone back three iOS versions so I could have CarPlay back. So fing frustrating!

None of these helped me. My wife's Android phone works fine, and my iPhone 16 worked fine yesterday. However, after the update to 18.5, it no longer works, and Siri does not work in my car now, either.

my fix - it works again in the meantime - worked the following:

on iphone: delete/forget the car in BLUETOOTH. Next: delete Wlan (car) in WLAN settings. Do a Power/rest (the one with the tricky loud/silent followed by right button) stuff

oon/in car: delete iphone. optionally do a reset of the processor unit of the car (in a BMW it works with pressing the power/mute button for 30sec). At the end scan for new mobile and connect the phone again via carplay …

for me it still works

Indeed, it works again! Thanks mschl :-).

iPhone:

• delete Bluetooth entry
• delete WiFi entry
• restart iPhone

BMW:

• delete iPhone entry
• reset CPU of the car (30sec hold power/mute)

Connect everything again ...