Bluetooth not discoverable iOS 7 - bug or hardware problem?

Just got an iPhone 5c and Bluetooth is not discoverable at all. For example, in my car when searching for a device it does not find it. Likewise, if I seach for it on another iOS phone, it just doesn't exist.
I have an iPhone 5 with iOS 7 and that connects fine to the car with no problems at all. I'm thinking this could be a hardware problem, but just wanted to check if it's been reported as a bug by anyone else?

A bit more on this:
When Bluetooth was switched on, but Airdrop set to Contacts Only, the phone was discoverable by the car but did not work correctly - it connects via Bluetooth but the car display shows no signal and cannot make calls through in car audio.
With Bluetooth switched on but Airdrop set to Off, phone is no longer discoverable by the car
Frustatingly, I don't have access to both the phone and car to test the final scenario of Bluetooth on and Airdrop set to Everyone to confirm what I suspect will be the case.
If the final scenario does work, this has to be a pretty significant bug in the software, right?

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