Bluetooth does not automatically connect entering the car

[ricmoe]

Does Bluetooth automatically connect to a phone (iPhone 14 pro) anymore? I swear it used to but for the life of me, I cannot get it to work. I have to hit Bluetooth, then select the phone, then hit connect each time I get in the car. It is set to 'priority' but it will not autoconnect.

I found a post that said to 1) remove it from the car and reboot 2) remove it from the phone and reboot 3) then re-pair them and set to priority. That does not work for me. It still makes to manually connect each time I get in the car.

Any ideas?

 

[Stokkes]

I don’t have an S but on my M3P 2022 to ensure the phone connects 100% of the time I have to ensure I press the brake pedal as I get into the car before I close the door.

Try that and report back. If not could be some kind of problem.

 

[EVRider-FL]

My iPhone connects automatically most of the time, but once in a while it doesn’t. I suspect it happens more when using multiple driver profiles.

 

[ricmoe]

I tried to 'press the brake pedal as I get into the car before I close the door' but that did not work.

I also deleted all the profiles including my own and readded just mime. That did not help either.

 

[Skavatar]

Just happened to me. After work I drove to a store. When I left the store my Y was still locked and I could see sentry mode on on the screen. i tapped on my phone to connect to MYLR bluetooth 3 separate times but it kept saying can not connect. I then turned off bluetooth and turned it back on, but still would no connect. I opened the app and unlocked the car. After sat down, the bluetooth finally connected....

 

[Leftlane22]

Try going into your iPhone settings and allow the Tesla app to always have access to the phone - mine did this last week, and once I went in and changed that setting I haven’t had the issue since.

 

[ricmoe]

Called service; known issue. They are going to replace the connectivity board again. Last time it was replaced, LTE would now work.

 

[KalJoMoS]

Well the legacy S does not have the BT key so it does not affect the entry. But I thought this was because of my phone (non Apple or Android) that my have to follow specific steps to get it seen. I also lost the BT connectivity around the same time as OP but I have MCU1 and there has been no recent upgrades for the car.
I did follower the instruction listed in the first post and this gave me connection back. But my phone still needs that specific approach to connect to car so it’s my daily rutine.

 

[dcp123]

I don’t have an S but on my M3P 2022 to ensure the phone connects 100% of the time I have to ensure I press the brake pedal as I get into the car before I close the door.

Try that and report back. If not could be some kind of problem.

LOL. Now that's a sign of great software design by Tesla.