From battery glitch to this…
Since yesterday my iPhone won’t connect to the car. The BMW just stays on “Searching…” and never finds the phone.
My iPhone can see the BMW, but the car won’t pick it up. At one point it even asked for a Bluetooth password, which I’ve never seen before.
Here’s what I’ve tried so far: I’ve restarted iDrive a few times, deleted and re-added Bluetooth devices where I could, restarted my iPhone, checked for BMW software updates (none available), and tried searching for devices multiple times. Still no luck.
For anyone who’s dealt with this, I’m wondering if this is a common iDrive/Bluetooth issue, if there’s some kind of reset or fix I’m missing, whether this usually means a trip to the dealer, and if it could be a hardware problem like the Bluetooth or telematics module, or if it’s usually software-related. This isn’t the first time I’ve had connection issues with this car, so I’m starting to wonder if something else might be going on. Any advice would be appreciated.