Hi everyone! I'm Annie, a newbie hoping to get some thoughts on how I might be able to fix a Bluetooth problem in my 2009 Cooper convertible ...
I've had the car since it was a year old and the Bluetooth has always worked fine. My current phone is an iPhone 5c which I paired with the car about 18 months ago and it's always connected automatically when I start the car. This morning, I used the Bluetooth to make and receive calls with no issues on the way to work but noticed on the way home that it wasn't connected.
I tried switching the Bluetooth on my phone off and back on, which made no difference, and also clicking the option to connect to the car, to which my phone told me the car didn't appear to be switched on or in range. I also tried switching the Bluetooth on the car off and back on to no avail, and tried switching the car itself on and off to no avail.
I then thought I would try un-pairing the phone and starting again. I removed the car from my phone's Bluetooth devices but now it doesn't seem to be able to 'see' the car at all - it no longer comes up in the list of discoverable Bluetooth devices. To eliminate the possibility that my phone is playing up, I've tried pairing it to my husband's car which worked fine, and tried searching for the car using a different phone with Bluetooth, which also can't 'see it' - so it seems like the car is no longer discoverable. If I press the telephone button on the car stereo, it comes up with 'search' and then tells me that pairable devices are within range and to follow the message on my phone screen to pair the device - but nothing comes up on my phone.
The car is going into the dealership just after Christmas anyway for a new water pump so I can ask them to take a look then, but in the meantime it'll be a real pain to be without Bluetooth as I make so many calls from the car, so it would be great if anyone has any thoughts on anything else I could try to get it back up and running.
Thanking you lovely people in advance
I've had the car since it was a year old and the Bluetooth has always worked fine. My current phone is an iPhone 5c which I paired with the car about 18 months ago and it's always connected automatically when I start the car. This morning, I used the Bluetooth to make and receive calls with no issues on the way to work but noticed on the way home that it wasn't connected.
I tried switching the Bluetooth on my phone off and back on, which made no difference, and also clicking the option to connect to the car, to which my phone told me the car didn't appear to be switched on or in range. I also tried switching the Bluetooth on the car off and back on to no avail, and tried switching the car itself on and off to no avail.
I then thought I would try un-pairing the phone and starting again. I removed the car from my phone's Bluetooth devices but now it doesn't seem to be able to 'see' the car at all - it no longer comes up in the list of discoverable Bluetooth devices. To eliminate the possibility that my phone is playing up, I've tried pairing it to my husband's car which worked fine, and tried searching for the car using a different phone with Bluetooth, which also can't 'see it' - so it seems like the car is no longer discoverable. If I press the telephone button on the car stereo, it comes up with 'search' and then tells me that pairable devices are within range and to follow the message on my phone screen to pair the device - but nothing comes up on my phone.
The car is going into the dealership just after Christmas anyway for a new water pump so I can ask them to take a look then, but in the meantime it'll be a real pain to be without Bluetooth as I make so many calls from the car, so it would be great if anyone has any thoughts on anything else I could try to get it back up and running.
Thanking you lovely people in advance