2023 Headunit Restarting Randomly in CarPlay

Anyone else having issues with their headunit going black and "Restarting..." during carplay? It usually happens to me about 30 - 120 seconds after starting the vehicle.

I have an iPhone 14 Pro Max on iOS 16.6. It will connect to CarPlay just fine but then the headunit will reboot. After it reboots once, it seems stable for the rest of the drive. I would say it happens about 60% of the time I start the car.

I have confirmed I am on the latest software and there are no upgrades available from Toyota.

I am using

$35 AutoSky Wireless CarPlay Adapter 2023 Pro Edition - Fastest and Most Compact Wireless CarPlay Adapter Factory Wired CarPlay Cars – USB-A and USB-C Cables – Wired CarPlay Required

a wireless carplay adapter so I'm not 100% sure if that is the issue yet or not. Will do more testing on a long road trip I have coming up.

This issue seems to be pretty common so far, I've found a few resources that discuss the same issue:

- https://www.rav4world.com/threads/infotainment-keeps-rebooting-randomly.328325/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/rav4club/c...ainment_system_restarts_apple_car_play_every/

Replies indicate this issue seems to have started in iOS 16.4 or 16.5.

 

I also have IP14 pro max 16.6. My alpine halo9 with built in car play well go black during a call. Wireless or wired. Can't do anything until the truck. is turned off. It's ios 16.4+. Not car play on your radio.

 

That's good to hear that it's probably not the OEM headunit, would hate to have to deal with warranty on it when I'm not even at 1,000 miles. Sucks about Carplay, really hope apple fixes it soon.

It's nerve-wracking to see the head unit go completely black. Most of the time it says "restarting..." but sometimes it's stayed black for 30+ seconds which always makes me nervous on a new car.

 

Yeah the first time i was driving down the highway and was like "seriously?!" Lol