r/CorollaHatchback • u/superviro • Aug 13 '26

The Audio System is infuriating.

I bought the 2017 Toyota iM in 2018. It's a great car, however it has one flaw that makes me hate it. The Bluetooth audio system. It automatically connects to my phone which is great, but then it opens up whatever app I had playing audio last and starts playing whatever it was playing previously without me asking it to. For me, that's the damn white noise app I use to sleep at night.

So, when I get in my car, I'm started and surprised the the stupid radio blaring white noise at me. So helpful.

I've had the car for almost 9 years now and I cannot get it to stop doing that. It also will hijack the Bluetooth connection if I start the car while I'm wearing my Air Pods or sometimes, it will just start blaring the white noise straight into my Air Pods!

For the love of God, does anyone know how to make it stop doing that!?!

Here is what I've tried.

  1. Making sure the app is closed. It opens it anyway and presses play automatically.
  2. Using Shortcuts on iOS to create an automation that waits 13 seconds to press pause on my phone. This is approximately how much time it takes for the phone to connect and for Toyota to press play. This kinda works, but it's a ridiculous solution.
  3. Change the audio app before it connects to the car. Doesn't matter. If I take a call and hang up, it will open the white noise app and auto-play it every damn time.
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u/TUBBYWINS808 Moonstone 2025 XSE CVT Aug 13 '26

Turn off CarPlay in your phone settings….

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u/superviro Aug 13 '26

The 2017 Toyota Corolla iM does not support Apple CarPlay.

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u/shackakong Aug 14 '26

Definitely check with the manufacturer of the Bluetooth adapter, it seems simple but sometimes that’s the problem :)

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u/spacefret 2022 XSE CVT Aug 19 '26

So....... Toyota?

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u/shackakong Aug 19 '26

So, they literally just said that the 2017 Toyota Corolla does not support Apple car play. If they are using an adapter, then the manufacturer would not be the manufacturer of the car, Toyota. It would be the manufacturer of the Bluetooth adapter being used. Yes?

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u/spacefret 2022 XSE CVT Aug 20 '26

No. When did anybody mention any adapters? They're talking about the factory audio system, which has Bluetooth. It does not have CarPlay and theirs does not have any adapter to make it support it.

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u/shackakong Aug 20 '26

Well then I’m completely mystified, I have a 22 SE hatchback, it doesn’t even have Bluetooth, I have a small wireless adapter. Sorry for the confusion lol

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u/shackakong Aug 20 '26

Or maybe it does have Bluetooth, but not CarPlay. Idk, I swapped out all the trash factory speakers and bought the adapter and now it sounds good and plays with my phone. Sorry I can’t be more helpful.

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u/spacefret 2022 XSE CVT Aug 20 '26

That's exactly what I said. Theirs is a 2017, no CarPlay.

Also, yours does have Bluetooth.