CarPlay not working with iPhone 16 Pro

it was working totally fine with iPhone 13 with the wired CarPlay connection and not anymore when I upgraded to 16 Pro, my issue was it went on and off I couldn’t replicate the issue, it was completely fine in the morning for the first time connected and couldn’t change not CarPlay in the afternoon. I was using the USB A to C adapter to connect my type C cable, anyone has the same issue?

I was at my wits end!! But another post said to get a Belkin data cable. I thought pfft just trying to sell a brand. But I had to do something. So I bought a data cable online (wasn’t a Belkin) and it actually worked!!! It was a fast data cable. Not just the charger. Hope that helps. Another person bought a CarPlay wireless adapter which worked for him. They are not cheap so I tried this first. Good luck

Hello, I encountered a similar issue trying to connect multiple iphone 16s to a 2020 toyota highlander and wanted to share how I fixed it. Took it to the dealer who had an iphone 13, his paired no problem, but he had no clue otherwise. So I went home and tried a few things.

The fix for me was to first reset the car radio to factory settings, then remove the old 'my cars' connection from the iphone 16, and then disable apple intelligence, and under 'talk to siri' setting, turn on 'press side button for siri' which prompted do i want to enable siri. select yes, and voila, carplay works.

HTH

How do you tell it to do carplay and handsfree? As in through Siri? I have the Pioneer headunit and my Iphone 13 never had any issues connecting wireless. I upgraded to Iphone 16 and it won't connect at all!

Upgraded to IPhone 16 and it wouldn’t let the messages part of CarPlay show up. If you are running a VPN, turn it off. Once I did this, messages loaded. My VPN was running through a security app (Kinetic Secure).

I think it has to do with ios 18 updates, the introduction of apple intelligence and how that affects default siri configuration. For me resetting everything in the car, removing the car from 'my cars' in carplay, and then turning off apple intelligence and manually enabling siri, solved the issue.

I couldn't connect my new iPhone 16 Pro Max to my 2024 Prado. I spent nearly an hour on the settings in the car and the phone.

Then. Light bulb moment!

I swapped the cable for a new Belkin BoostCharge USB A to C cable and everything workled.

The cable I had been trying was a charge only cable.!!!!!

i had the same problem after i upgraded to an iphone 16 pro from my iphone 14 pro. after being on with apple support for over an hour, they suggested that i check my wifi settings to confirm i was connected. my phone was connecting to my car’s carplay wifi but said no internet connection. i then toggled my wifi off and forgot all devices and attempted to reconnect and it finally worked. i have a 2020 bmw x1

Also, I always was able to use my CarPlay wirelessly. However, the cord that I used to use was also able to work for CarPlay. I haven’t changed the cord and it still won’t work. You would think with the amount of money we spent on these phones they provide chords like they used to instead of stupid headphones.

I also face this issue & still not solve .i use Carpuride wireless device for my Skuter & use I phone 16 pro .i tried all options but still not solve .but it works my old phone iPhone XS Max .

There are two types of USB Cables, charging and data. The charging cable connector has a lightning symbol on it. The data cable connector has the USB symbol on it. CarPlay only works with the data cable.

I have the same issue with her 2020 RX 450 HL. I changed content in settings to be allowed. But it’s still only works occasionally and only if I have the phone plugged in before I start the engine.

It works fine on my wireless CarPlay on our newer RX 350 H is there anything else I need to do differently?

Thank you all for sharing all your solutions! I've been trying to figure this out for the past month and driving has been an absolute nightmare since this stopped working for me 4 weeks ago. I tried everything and nothing worked! I even went to the Apple Store today and met with someone at the Genius Bar who basically told me to be patient and wait until Apple fixed the problem. I must say, I tried this as a last resort and disabling Apple Intelligence finally worked for me! I disabled Apple Intelligence in the settings, restarted my phone and once I plugged in my phone to the car this time, CarPlay started to work seamlessly!

Thank you all for sharing all your solutions! I've been trying to figure this out for the past month and driving has been an absolute nightmare since this stopped working for me. I tried everything and nothing worked! I even went to the Apple Store today and met with someone at the Genius Bar who basically told me to be patient and wait until Apple fixed the problem. I must say, I tried this as a last resort and disabling Apple Intelligence finally worked for me! I disabled Apple Intelligence in the settings, restarted my phone and once I plugged in my phone to the car this time, CarPlay started to work seamlessly!

Make sure you are using your iPhone MFI certified cord. I had the same problem, and just switched cords and it worked. Under Content & Privacy Restrictions, make sure it’s turned on, seems like it might come defaulted to ‘off’.