My 2026 Ram Tungsten has had car play stop functioning twice. The first time I called the service line and we eventually got it working with a radio reset. It happened agin this morning and I haven’t been able to reconnect. The man who helped me the first time said there have been some glitches with the new iPhones. Is anyone else experiencing this?
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Car Play Disconnect
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Derlant1983
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Yes, Apple CarPlay disappears from the system settings page. Android auto is still there but not CarPlay. Even plugging in with usb-c does nothing. Only cycling the ignition brings it back, usually. As a matter of fact bluetooth connection doesn't work when it goes out. This isn't a cut out after driving it is a fail to launch at vehicle startup, for me. It's an iPhone issue hahaha.
So far my main issues with CarPlay happen if I have a VPN connection established on my phone, it seems to prevent the connection. Usually when I turn it off, CarPlay connects. I do remember having to reset the radio in the past to also get CarPlay to start working, but that doesn't seem to be that often for me. I have more issuse with uconnect freezing and rebooting when I start up my truck and start driving.
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Had my '26 Tungsten for 3 weeks. iPhone 15 Pro, IOS 26.0 (I think) and CarPlay wireless setup and connection seemed to operate just fine. I updated to iOS 26.1 and now can't get CarPlay to work. Tried everything including deleting RAM/iPhone pairing in iPhone & Uconnect, restarting iPhone, restarting UConnnect (hold down both knobs). Just won't work any longer. Pairing is succesful with phone and BT audio working - CarPlay just won't work.
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You can enable local LAN access in your VPN client and it should fix that issue. Some VPN clients may call it something different; PIA calls it "Allow LAN traffic".
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FYI for anyone with iOS 26 issues - I upgrade to iOS 26.2 (Developer's Beta) and my phone connected via CarPlay with no issues.
New iOS 26.2 is available to public. I had issues with audio cutting out using CarPlay on 26.1 and updated to 26.2 last night. So far no issue.
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