Wireless Carplay Interference

JediMcMuffin
Jan 18, 2024

Rank IV

Jan 18, 2024

So I'm sure many other folks will relate to this.

When wireless Carplay/AndroidAuto works its a GREAT experience. Just get in the rig and go.

I have found though, that in certain places around town, the same highway sections, the same EXACT spots each time I drive by cause wireless carplay to disconnect, and within about a minute or two it will reconnect and go back to normal. It's quite annoying. I've taken a spectrum analyzer with me to test and sure enough, the 2.4Ghz spectrum is just getting annihilated with interference in these same spots and that will disrupt both the initial Bluetooth handshake, and the wifi connection that wireless app projection uses to do implement a remote screen. What I'm hoping to figure it out, is a way to force the bronco to use it's 5Ghz radio for wireless carplay (just like the LTE hotspot can use, its there, its just not using it!)

If anyone knows any under the covers ForScan stuff for this, I'd seriously appreciate it, perhaps someone from FMC monitoring this forum can just weigh in and give us a yes/no on if this is even possible.
BuckYeah, AngusMac13

Rank VI

Jan 19, 2024

#1
I have the exact same problem!
My son works at Apple and people say that all the time. Its damn annoying!

Rank IV

Feb 09, 2024

#2
This is SO true... Super annoying.

Don't Follow Me ,I'm about to do something Stupid

Feb 09, 2024

#3
Where is this EXACT stretch of road you 3 are all driving ? LOL
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Rank IV

Feb 12, 2024

#4
Where is this EXACT stretch of road you 3 are all driving ? LOL

295 South in the DMV area ..

Rank II

Feb 15, 2024

#5
Happens to me all the time on 370 between Shady Grove Road and the exit for 270 South to Washington
2023 Bronco OBX 4 Door, 2.7L, Eruption Green Metallic, MIC Hart top, Leather Trim Vinyl Roast/Black Seats, Lux & Towing

Rank V

Feb 15, 2024

#6
This happens to me, the same spot every time. It’s near an airport and seemed to start when the local Air Force base started parking some C17’s there so I was thinking that had something to do with it.
2023 Bronco,Black Diamond 🏴‍☠️ Velocity Blue 🟦, 4Door, SAS, MIC, Mid, 2.7m, Orig Order: 9/10/21 Blend Date: 11/30/22. Built: 12/02, Shipped 12/4, Arrived at dealer on 12/23, Took possession on 12/30/22!!! 476 Days after ordering.
Goodyear, AZ 🌵🔆

Reality Show Host

Feb 15, 2024

#7
Joining the chorus here.

Mine cuts out and eventually re-establishes itself along a stretch of Alaska Way in Seattle. Annoying. I’m going to follow this thread for possible solutions. 🤓
Chris here. I drive a 2-door Velocity Blue 2023 Ford Bronco Badlands with Sasquatch, Lux, a 2.7L V6, and an automatic transmission. It’s fun.

"Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
BroncoFred

Rank 0

Apr 03, 2025

#8
Has anyone found any solution for this issue? I’m experiencing this disconnect in 3-4 areas consistently in the Las Vegas area using an iPhone and Apple CarPlay. Most times the system reconnects shortly afterward but on a few occasions I have been unable to reconnect until I powered off/on the vehicle. Super annoying!

Reality Show Host

Apr 03, 2025

#9
To follow up, I’ve stopped singing along with the radio in my “dead spots,” thus sparing my passenger my tone-deaf karaoke. 🤪
Chris here. I drive a 2-door Velocity Blue 2023 Ford Bronco Badlands with Sasquatch, Lux, a 2.7L V6, and an automatic transmission. It’s fun.

"Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Gone_to-Texas1957, BroncoFred

Rank V

Apr 03, 2025

#10
Has anyone found any solution for this issue? I’m experiencing this disconnect in 3-4 areas consistently in the Las Vegas area using an iPhone and Apple CarPlay. Most times the system reconnects shortly afterward but on a few occasions I have been unable to reconnect until I powered off/on the vehicle. Super annoying!

Hi there. I’d like to assist with your concern. Could you please send us a DM with your VIN and mileage so I can look into this further?
BroncoFred

Rank V

Apr 03, 2025

#11
Hi there. I’d like to assist with your concern. Could you please send us a DM with your VIN and mileage so I can look into this further?

Haha! That’s hilarious. You won’t/can’t do a darn thing. Are you even a real person?
2023 Bronco,Black Diamond 🏴‍☠️ Velocity Blue 🟦, 4Door, SAS, MIC, Mid, 2.7m, Orig Order: 9/10/21 Blend Date: 11/30/22. Built: 12/02, Shipped 12/4, Arrived at dealer on 12/23, Took possession on 12/30/22!!! 476 Days after ordering.
Goodyear, AZ 🌵🔆

Smiles Per Gallon

Apr 04, 2025

#12
Had the exact same issue for the first couple months I had the Bronco. There is a spot on my commute that goes right next to a cell repeater tower and CarPlay would cut out for about a half mile around it coming and going. Figured it was just the way it was gonna be until one day it stopped cutting out. No idea why and I certainly didn’t do anything. Curious if anyone else has had the problem sort itself out?

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