VW Iphone 4s bluetooth connection drop problem, is there a solution or do apple not care

Many people are finding their Iphone 4S drops connection with their VW (Passat etc) integrated bluetooth hands free system after working fine for 5, 10, 20 minutes. The only way to reconnect is to switch the car off or turn the Iphone bluetooth off & back on.
This is a dangerous fault and it appears that both Apple & VW have no solution (or are ignoring as they have already sold you a phone & a car).

VW UK (unofficial information) have admitted that their bluetooth system in cars produced prior to 2012 has a
compatibility problem with the Iphone 4S.
This is due to that bluetooth system being developed prior to the launch of the Iphone 4S.
VW cars produced in 2012 have a different bluetooth system that works OK with the Iphone 4S.
As the bluetooth systems are different we are told there is no update software for pre 2012 cars & it is unlikely that
there will be any update in the future.
We have checked this theory as we have 2011 & 2012 VW Passats in our fleet & the drivers of the 2012 cars
have no problems with their 4S bluetooth, the drivers of the 2011 cars all have drop out problems.
The best we can hope for is that Apple acknowledge the problem that they have created (as it is not a VW only issue)
& bring out an update for the 4S that makes its bluetooth as reliable as the Iphone 4.

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Hey folks- this certainly did the trick for me!
ChrisJ4203Sep 27, 2014 10:31 AM Re: iPhone 6 iOS 8.0.2 - Bluetooth connectivity dropping HYUNDAI SONATA
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I have got a 2012 Sonata Hybrid and mine is worked quite well. Is this phone an upgrade from an older phone? Did you restore from a backup of another iPhone. Did you name the new phone the same as the old phone. If this is the case, it can confuse the vehicle's Bluetooth system. Go to the phone and remove the vehicle from the list, turn off Bluetooth on the phone. Do a reset, holding the sleep/wake and home buttons together until you see the Apple logo and then release. The phone will reboot. Go to the vehicle, remove the phone from the list in the vehicle. Turn the vehicle off and then back on again. This will clear the system. Now turn the vehicle back on and put it into discovery/pairing mode. Go to the phone and turn on Bluetooth, which puts it into discovery/pairing mode. The two should connect with no issues.
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Amularya,
Please read the post I made in this thread earlier. No less than a dozen solutions are offered in the link I provided for wireless issues. Troubleshooting wireless issues requires individual attention because of the plethora of issues which can't be tested for. So please start a new topic thread here:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1225&start=0
So you can get a wider audience, and won't confuse the original poster with solutions that don't apply to them.
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Dozens of different virus and firewall combinations.
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HT4623 i got apple iphone 3 and i getting problem to activate that its showing message could not activate plz help me how can i activate my phone?

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I knew that iphone 4 has an antenna problem, are the new iphone4 sold at apple now has the same problem?

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Hi Jimbig77,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
Take a look at the article linked below, it describes a similar issue and provides a resolution that may work for the issue that you’re describing.
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VW Iphone 4s bluetooth connection drop problem, is there a solution or do apple not care

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