Bluetooth Phone Pairing

[rncordy]

I have a 2014 Grand Cherokee ecodiesel Overland. I was having issues with bluetooth connecting or not after the most recent apple IOS update. Seemed to have a mind of it's own and couldn't figure out what was causing connection issues. I would switch from Pandora to a podcast and it would disconnect. Switching apps would cause it to disconnect and the only thing I could do to get it back would be to shut the truck off and re-start. I use the Waze app almost every time I drive and sometimes when I touched the screen in the Waze app, it would all of a sudden connect and bluetooth would work again.

I finally figured out that I need to have all the apps closed on my phone (double click the home button and swipe up to close) and then the phone would connect like it should. I have to open what I want to listen to first (podcast or music app) THEN open Waze and everything seems to work fine now. I use Waze without the verbal directions just the map, so I don't know if that had something to do with it, but I seem to have figured it out.

I'm looking at finally getting another Ram after being without a truck since 2010. I'm now debating getting a used one with the uConnect or buying new with the apple Carplay. The connectivity part of these trucks has become more important to me than I would have thought years ago.

Many thanks for your experience! I will try that. But I strongly believe that my radio is the problem since the buttons to pair with a phone do not light up, i.e. they are not active. And so far I am not very happy with my $22 speaker phone. Didn't George Washington, or someone else, say "you get what you pay for"?