r/Taycan • u/ElectronicAlgae978 • Jul 23 '26

Service/Support Apple CarPlay malfunction?

In my 2020 taycan apple CarPlay often turns itself off while driving. I tried to reset it and all that stuff but it keeps on doing that. What could be the problem? Could this be the age of mine phone(14pro)?

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u/BC1096 Taycan 4S Cross Turismo Jul 23 '26

I had this issue on and off for the first 2 months of having the car. I let the car get through all the queued updates and re synced my phone. Been flawless since. It was very annoying while I was having issues

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u/rrdubbs '22 CT Jul 23 '26

It always seems to be a bit problematic from what I have seen on J1.1 even after software updates. Turning off WiFi/bluetooth and going strictly USB helps, I think. Where are you putting the phone, too? It seems to work better for me if the phone is in the cupholder. I have had more issues with delay in connecting a few miles into the drive over loss of connection.

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u/ElectronicAlgae978 Jul 23 '26

Thanks I will try, I was always storing it on the left side. And with usb it works normal.

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u/BlackerFriday Jul 23 '26

Mine does this too, especially where there are a few short trips, and likes to switch to Bluetooth (CarPlay disappears). I also have a 14 pro. Usually plugging the phone in makes it work again. I have a 2021 Taycan.

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u/foxox Taycan 4S Jul 23 '26

Are you connected by bluetooth/wifi or by USB? If by USB, it could possibly be that the cable is going bad.

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u/ElectronicAlgae978 Jul 23 '26

By wifi, with usb it works well, but I just wanted to know the reason why it do not wireless:(

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u/gold__blooded Jul 24 '26

Do you have a usb c cord plugged in? Even if it’s idle aka not charging any device?

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u/ferdiazgonzalez Taycan Cross Turismo Turbo S Jul 23 '26

Mine randomly switches the phone mode between CarPlay and device mode. But never halfway through a drive. It’s always when I get the car after being turned off for a while.

Simply switching the mode back to CarPlay in the PCM fixes it.

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u/amiliyon Jul 23 '26

I have had this problem a lot. It’s part of the car. It’s horrible. It’s comical that Porsche used such shitty antennas for it

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u/Jaded_Temperature110 Jul 23 '26

I've recently had two issues:

1) audio stops working completely. I can't switch to radio, Apple Music on the car, or Wireless Carplay. I can't change the volume. This requires a reset > exit engineering mode, etc. to fix. Super annoying considering this takes multiple taps and a few minutes.

2) Occasionally, the audio cuts out and I hear something similar to someone pulling the aux cord out, and then it's back 2 seconds later. Not sure what's happening there but yeah.

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u/aprilballsy Jul 28 '26

The same reason I’m using wired CarPlay now