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Old Mar 21, 2019 | 10:39 PM
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I've a 2015 F150. Streaming from my cell phone has sometimes been spotty (only bought 6 mths ago). However, the other day in the middle of a pod cast the audio just cut out. I've played with it a bit, reset everything even dis-associated it. Now it will not associate with the phone (Pixel 3). The phone does work in my wife's car so I know it is functional and that points to the radio in the truck

Has anyone had to repair the bluetooth? Am I looking at a whole new unit?
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Old Mar 22, 2019 | 12:20 AM
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I have been having issues with my Pixel 3 as well.
Honestly, I think it's my phone. It has issues with my smart watch via Bluetooth too.
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Old Mar 22, 2019 | 12:53 AM
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It's your pixel. I have had the Pixel and now have the Pixel 3xl. They're nice phones but somehow Google has managed to ruin the Bluetooth experience. Some days is great, some days I'm fighting just to get it to connect.
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Old Mar 24, 2019 | 07:41 PM
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I don't want to believe it is my Pixel. It works fine in another car we have, and my old Samsung S7 is also having problems with the F150. Although replacing the Pixel might be the cheaper fix.
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Old Mar 24, 2019 | 08:00 PM
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I had a similar issue, do you have Sync3? I unpaired the phone, reset sync3 (it's somewhere hidden in the settings menu) and then paired again. have not had an issue since.
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Old Mar 24, 2019 | 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by sammythebu11
I had a similar issue, do you have Sync3? I unpaired the phone, reset sync3 (it's somewhere hidden in the settings menu) and then paired again. have not had an issue since.
I unpaired it and now it won't pair.
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Old Mar 25, 2019 | 08:37 AM
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Did you do a master reset on the sync and rebooted your phone?
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Old Mar 25, 2019 | 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by sammythebu11
Did you do a master reset on the sync and rebooted your phone?
Yes I, removed the device, did a reset and reboot. I tried to sync with the phone and it is not detected on my Pixel. So I tried it on my Samsung S7. When I tried to sync with it the Pixel, the Pixel never revived the join. I took my older Samsung S7 and it could join, but when I tried to stream all I got were Bluetooth errors.

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Old Mar 26, 2019 | 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by PaulZ
Yes I, removed the device, did a reset and reboot. I tried to sync with the phone and it is not detected on my Pixel. So I tried it on my Samsung S7. When I tried to sync with it the Pixel, the Pixel never revived the join. I took my older Samsung S7 and it could join, but when I tried to stream all I got were Bluetooth errors.
Try another master reset, maybe you have a bad unit. can your pixel connect with another car? the master reset was given to me as a solution by a ford mechanic, he says it usually happens when there is a phone update.
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Old Mar 26, 2019 | 03:36 PM
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My 2016 Lariat had Bluetooth issues. I had multiple phones, ios and android for the 3 years I had that truck and Bluetooth would drop at least 5-10 times per week. Just something I dealt with.
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