C4 Picasso Not Charging Iphone Correctly

[DrPips]

Hi all,

 

I've bought a C4 Picasso 2011 model and love it apart from a couple of problems with my phone and playing music.

 

I use my iPhone 6 for everything, SatNav, music etc. the problem I'm having is it won't charge anywhere near fast enough. For example, when I'm using SatNav and have the phone plugged into the USB port near the cig lighter its losing power faster than its charging.

Also when playing music, if I stop the car then start it again, it often doesn't carry on playing what I was listening to, it will just play random songs.

 

Any ideas what I can do?

 

Thanks,

 

Dom

[paul.h]

Welcome to the forum.

 

I can not help much but possibly you could try with the phone on a mains charger (if this is possible when connected to the car) with the car parked at home and try all the functions to see if its battery still goes down - if so it is a phone problem rather than a car problem.

[DrPips]

Thanks for the reply. It used to work fine in my old car with an after market stereo. In the c4 even just charging takes forever!

[paul.h]

An internet search suggests slow charging on a car can be due to the car usb power being limited or the phone limiting charging on usb or the cable limiting it. Options include using a charge only cable, using a cigarette socket plug in usb charger that can give about 4 amp charging, checking if anything can be done on the phone.