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Losing Bluetooth for no apparent reason...?

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Losing Bluetooth for no apparent reason...?

Post by Huxsta » Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:55 pm

We've owned the car for over a year and have had no problems with my iPhone 5s and my wife's Samsung j5 connecting when either of us jump in the car......up to now! Now every time we start the car the Bluetooth list of our phones has disappeared and we have to input them again in order to be hands free..... The car hasn't seen any garage for updates etc and neither phone has had any known updates carried out over the last 3 weeks of this new issue. Any ideas people?

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Re: Losing Bluetooth for no apparent reason...?

Post by X5Sport » Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:47 am

Mine has been doing this randomly ever since new.  No idea why, and very annoying!  I put it down to the CIC or Combox failing to boot properly or resetting itself.  Whatever it is, it is completely random and only by using a cable for the music streaming does it seem to stop happening.
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Re: Losing Bluetooth for no apparent reason...?

Post by snrbrtsn » Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:00 am

It may be worth checking your Battery condition.
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Re: Losing Bluetooth for no apparent reason...?

Post by Huxsta » Tue Jul 18, 2017 6:13 pm

It could be a battery related issue as you say, after all I'm guessing it's maybe still on the original battery? It starts absolutely fine but I will get it tested when I get some spare time and go from there.

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