CarPlay quit working after 2.6.16 software update

[danabu]

My iPhone 16 iOS 18.4.1 was connecting via CarPlay to my 2022 Air GT just fine prior to the recent update, but now after updating the car I can't get CarPlay to work again. I've rebooted the car, rebooted the phone, removed it, re-added it. Sometimes the phone comes up asking if I want to do CarPlay, and I say yes, but I just get a spinning circle on the car that eventually times out. The audio will play as a Bluetooth device, but not as CarPlay. Has anyone else had this issue and found a solution?

 

[californiaboy935]

Is your WiFi on the iPhone turned on? It needs to be in order to connect to CarPlay. That might be it.

 

[Bobby]

My iPhone 16 iOS 18.4.1 was connecting via CarPlay to my 2022 Air GT just fine prior to the recent update, but now after updating the car I can't get CarPlay to work again. I've rebooted the car, rebooted the phone, removed it, re-added it. Sometimes the phone comes up asking if I want to do CarPlay, and I say yes, but I just get a spinning circle on the car that eventually times out. The audio will play as a Bluetooth device, but not as CarPlay. Has anyone else had this issue and found a solution?

When you removed and re-added, did you remove the car from the phone AND the phone from the car?

 

[danabu]

Thanks for the replies. Yes, WiFi on the phone is enabled. And yes, I deleted the car from the phone, and the phone from the car. The phone does seem to remember the custom name I assigned when I reconnect the car, so maybe there’s a way to more fully remove it… I’ll look for that.

 

[Bobby]

Thanks for the replies. Yes, WiFi on the phone is enabled. And yes, I deleted the car from the phone, and the phone from the car. The phone does seem to remember the custom name I assigned when I reconnect the car, so maybe there’s a way to more fully remove it… I’ll look for that.

On your phone, go to settings and then Bluetooth. Locate the entry that is entitled "Lucid Air XXX." Tap the info button and then choose "forget this device". After that, hard restart your phone. (The one entitled Lucid -XXXXX" is mobile key and not necessary to remove.)

 

[danabu]

I restarted my phone after removing the car from BT. No difference when I reconnected - the car and phone make a BT connection successfully, but not CarPlay.

Perhaps related - I couldn't get CarPlay to work when I connected a physical cable, either. The phone starts charging, but there's no recognition of it as a CarPlay device by the car.

 

[danabu]

An update - after multiple times removing, readding, restarting, I finally got things to pair successfully again. I think this is finally what did it:

• Removed the phone from the car
• Remove the car from the phone
• Stopped and restarted bluetooth on both devices
• Rebooted the infotainment system on the car
• Powered down the phone and powered it back on

I thought I had done all these steps before, but maybe not both sides completely at the same time.