CarPlay not working with iPhone 16 Pro

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.

Today I purchased a few adaptors and cables to try resolve the problem. Fingers crossed one of the above and/or a combination of them will work after I reset the infotainment settings to default. Otherwise, I give up!

Hi Dan

Quick question - when you reset the infotainment system to the default settings and you connected your iPhone 16 Pro (with the adapter and cable) and it worked, had you previously paired your iPhone via Bluetooth (for telephone & media in the car) or, did you pair via Bluetooth afterwards? I guess I’m asking the process I should follow: first CarPlay (via cable) and then Bluetooth or vice versa? Maybe it doesn’t make any difference? Thanks again for your advice.

What is an e75? Since upgrading to 16pro max I can’t use CarPlay with my phone to talk. The audio ships every other worth, has static and crackling. The rest of CarPlay works, just not audio on phone calls. I have to use my Airbuds. I’ve tried all three other “fixes” but nothing works. Thank you, in advance.

I had the same problem as everyone else connecting my new iPhone 16pro to Apple CarPlay in my Lexus. This suggestion, plus checking the Content & Privacy restrictions worked! It all now works just like it did with my old iPhone 12pro. Thanks for all the tips everyone !

Somewhat ashamed to say I spent hours trying to connect my iPhone 16 Pro for CarPlay to my '21 Toyota Tacoma. I went over all the settings, tried it with Bluetooth and also with hardwire. It didn't work even though it had worked just fine with my iPhone 13. It was so frustrating! Then it dawned on me to use the USB A to USB C that Toyota supplied with the truck. It worked easy peasy. Save yourself time and make sure you have a good cord.

Had the same issue with my new iPhone 16 Pro and my Mazda Mx5 ND

Did latest update today to iOS 18.1 and tried a new cable and it now works, so not sure which of those two solved the problem. I suspect it was the cable as when trying old cable (which previously worked on iPhone 14) then it goes back to the same issue.

hi , once removed the old iPhone , make sure that Siri is activated then go in settings iPhone car play and follow the instructions press vocal control and as if by magic the iPhone will be connected in CarPlay . My car is BMW serie 1 WiFi CarPlay

Okay as others have said, it’s the cable. Wife upgraded phones from a iPhone 13 pro max to a 16 pro max. Can’t use the old lightning cable bc the 16 is a usb-c. Thought we could just use a usb-a/usb-c cable to go from the 2021 Rav 4 to the new iPhone 16. NOPE. Nothing worked. No amount of presets or resets or settings. It will CHARGE but it will not activate CarPlay. THE ONLY thing that made CarPlay work was: using the OLD usb-a/lightning cable with a usb-c/lightning ADAPTER. $30 at Best Buy. It IMMEDIATELY worked.

so. Save your old usb-a lightning cable, get a $30 usb-c/lightning adapter, plug in your new iPhone 16 using both the old cable and the new adapter to go from the car’s usb-a to lightning, then from lightning to usb-c to phone. It literally worked the 1st time, after I spent the better part of a day researching stuff on the internet and YouTube that did not work or did not apply to my models. I don’t know or care how to fix the Bluetooth pairing. I just need CarPlay to WORK when she PLUGS IT IN and it DOES now.

My car play requires a cable to work. I have a 16pro and the map, texting, etc are all working on car play but when I try to listen to my Apple Music I get an error telling me when I am not driving to access music on my phone and go over the privacy details. I have done it countless times, paired and unpaired, removed and repaired and I still keep getting it.

I have a mini countryman and upgraded to the 16 pro. Have tried all the suggestions to deleting all previous paired devices etc, new cables to no success! Does anyone have a Mini Cooper and managed to get Car play on with their iPhone 16?? Help is much appreciated!

My 2020 tundra required a lightning to USB-C adapter with a lightning cable going to vehicle and it worked. Same problem…two different car with two different solutions. spent hours trying to figure this out.

WHY CANT APPLE FIX THIS???

I just got an Iphone16pro and had difficult getting my carplay to operate on my 2018 Camry. My previous Iphone 13 was functioning with no problem. I tried to tinker with the settings that was suggested above with no success and initially had the new phone connected to the car using the old cable with a usbc adaptor. It started to work the minute I changed the cable to a seamless USB to USBc cable. It was a connection/hardware issue. Hopefully this helps some of you.

took delivery 2 days ago and had the same problem.

simple fix really, unlike other iPhones the iPhone 16 will not work with a standard charging cable, it only charges the phone but cannot carry any date to the car.

Ordered a USB to USB-C data transfer cable £4.99 from Amazon and now work fine. Amazon advertise a charging cable and a charging data transfer cable make sure you order that one. They both look the same so if you have a old cable to charge you old phone it probably won’t work