Iphone 4s Bluetooth Connectivity Problems

My Iphone 4s seems to have connectivity issues via the bluetooth. I have two devices that I use, a Blueant V1 (I think 5.3) and a GoGroove Flexsmart X2. On the gogroove, the audio works fine when I play music via my car radio. The hands free calling worked the first time I tried it and then I have had problems ever since. The lights on my gogroove will indicate it is connected; the phone will say it is connected to the gogroove. When i make the call, the screen pops up allowing you to use either speaker phone, regular phone, or the gogroove. It always is automatically initially set for the gogroove but then automatically switchs to speaker phone a few seconds into the call. When it does that, I can't even get the speaker phone to work.
The Blueant V1 does the same thing. It will say I am connected, the Blueant will tell me I'm connected and then the above situation results when I actually make a call/
I've tried reset all settiings on my iphone. I have reset it multiple times. I have unplugged and replugged the gogroove as well as turning on and off the BlueAnt. I have used the forget this device command as well and it doesn't seem to work. Short of a voodoo, I don't know what to do at this point. Is it possible I have a defective bluetooth chip? Anyone else having these problems.
The gogroove does work excellent for Audio and playing pod casts from Sticher.

Same problem. My car is a citroen c4 grand picasso year 2010.
4s since upgraded to 6.0 the phone cannot recognice the car and car cannot recognize the phone.
Before the upgrade I could make and receive hands free phone calls, listen music through itunes or spotify, etc
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