HT204387 I have a new Iphone 5 and my bluetooth capabilty with my Mercedes E550 is not working for text messaging.  Mercedes says it's a phone issue.  Has anyone else experienced this and did you find a solution?

Iphone 5 bluetooth texting is not working in my Mercedes E550; Mercedes says it's a phone issue.  Any ideas or suggestions?

If your question regards the ability of your Mercedes to access the text messages in your phone, the most likely answer is that your vehicle's audio system does not support the Message Access Profile. This Bluetooth profile was adopted in June of 2009, which means that Mercedes Benz wasn't implementing this capability mid-year.
Your Merc simply will not be able to access those messages.
If the dealer can do an update of the Firmware, it might improve the capability. But the expense of that might outweigh the ability to gain access to your texts. This is to say that there is even an upgrade possible. This is a major addition to the Bluetooth capabilities.
FWIW, up until recently, most cars havn't had this capability. The earliest adopters were Ford and BMW.
-D

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