Bluetooth connecting when in house with car off

[jstaebell]

Sorry if this has been asked before, I couldn't find an answer. I got a new phone and sometimes it will connect to my Mach e while I'm in the house and the car is parked and off in the garage. It's annoying because I miss some notifications. I assume the new phone (Pixel 9a) has better Bluetooth than my old phone (Pixel 6), and I don't want to turn off bluetooth on my phone whenever I'm at home. I'm surprised the Mach e connects to Bluetooth when it's turned off. Any ideas? Thanks for the help.

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[AliRafiee]

I don’t recall this being asked before. That’s a new one for me. I have no idea why it would do that. The Bluetooth profile for PAAK and Ford pass is different than the audio one.

 

[Beerbronco]

When you say connects do you mean like CarPlay where the audio goes to the car? I mean I can connect to my MachE via blue tooth but it is like Ali said for PAAK or other type functionality.

 

[jstaebell]

I don’t recall this being asked before. That’s a new one for me. I have no idea why it would do that. The Bluetooth profile for PAAK and Ford pass is different than the audio one.

Thank you, I think that helped me figure it out! I was wrong, it was NOT connecting to my audio. I think it was connected to my PAAK, not the audio Bluetooth. Your response made me look in my Bluetooth settings and I realized there were two entries - "31786 MACH E" and "Jonathan's Mustang." The first is PAAK, the second audio, I now realize.

My confusion was because I installed a program on my phone called Tasker that has a module to notify and save location when the car is parked, i.e. when it disconnects from the car's Bluetooth (so I can find the car again after parking in a large parking lot, e.g.). When I set up the program, I told it to notify me when disconnected from my PAAK Bluetooth, not the audio Bluetooth. So, whenever I left the room next to the car and it disconnected from PAAK, I got a notification!

I changed the module and it should be fine now. Thanks again for the help!

 

[Brent@ANParts]

Glad you figured it out! I had the exact same issue with another car and it was driving me crazy, had to turn off my Bluetooth until I could fix it.

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