# Why does my car drop Android Auto at the same place every day **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 20, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-drop-android-auto-at-the-same-place-every-day/1005953 "2024-08-20T17:30:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-drop-android-auto-at-the-same-place-every-day/1005953/1 "2024-08-20T17:30:12Z")
Driving along at the same place every day, my car will drop Android Auto with a connection time out? What could be interfering with the wifi or bluetooth signal to do this? Area 52? Desecrated burial mound? ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-drop-android-auto-at-the-same-place-every-day/1005953/2 "2024-08-20T17:52:19Z")
Does your cell phone work in this location? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-drop-android-auto-at-the-same-place-every-day/1005953/3 "2024-08-20T18:42:59Z")
Yes. Doesn’t seem to be any issues other than AA and my car’s connection. The Tesla uses a completely different system and there are never any issues. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-drop-android-auto-at-the-same-place-every-day/1005953/4 "2024-08-20T18:46:00Z")
Maybe some wifi or other network at that location just happens to be at the same frequency to interfere with your connection momentarily? You could try unpairing and then repairing (at home). Then see if it happens again. ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-drop-android-auto-at-the-same-place-every-day/1005953/5 "2024-08-20T18:46:52Z")
Is it a quarter mile from your home? My iPhone’s audio controls stop working when I pass a quarter mile from home in any direction. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-drop-android-auto-at-the-same-place-every-day/1005953/6 "2024-08-20T18:47:23Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Maybe some wifi or other network at that location just happens to be at the same frequency to interfere with your connection momentarily? It is on a freeway so that would have to be a pretty powerful signal. There is a go-cart park and a car dealership on the side of the freeway but little else. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-drop-android-auto-at-the-same-place-every-day/1005953/7 "2024-08-20T18:48:11Z")
Maybe a road utility (i.e. “smart” streetlight, speed camera, toll, etc.) broadcasts from that location. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-drop-android-auto-at-the-same-place-every-day/1005953/8 "2024-08-20T18:51:50Z")
I don’t think there are any there but I’ll look out for those on my ride home. Speaking of that, this seems to be an issue only I have so the cause would have to be pretty unique tomy setup I’m thinking. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-drop-android-auto-at-the-same-place-every-day/1005953/9 "2024-08-20T19:11:18Z")
I wonder if it could be random chance. I don’t know the answer to this, but maybe some electronics-savvy person knows – do bluetooth devices pair at a random frequency (chosen at pairing, but it can change each time the devices are paired), or is it a specific, unchanging frequency? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-drop-android-auto-at-the-same-place-every-day/1005953/10 "2024-08-20T20:16:13Z")
Interference from some building near the location, it’s a known issue. Either a drop in your internet and the audio isn’t currently buffered, or its a legitimate disruption of the phone-\>stereo wireless. I don’t have wireless AA but people locally report some “bad” spots. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-drop-android-auto-at-the-same-place-every-day/1005953/11 "2024-08-20T20:20:01Z")
Bluetooth is a variable range at around 2.45GHz, similar to the “old” wifi 2.4GHz bands that are still in use alongside 5GHz. It connects to a random one of 79 different frequencies. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-drop-android-auto-at-the-same-place-every-day/1005953/12 "2024-08-21T13:03:59Z")
Thanks to OP for starting this, I’ve been dealing with the same issue. It happens in two different places over 100 miles apart. I pass both regularly, and it’s 100%. Android Auto drops out every time, no exceptions. The only common element I can find is that it’s close to those large high-voltage lines. Each “drop” place is near a spot where multiple lines (from different directions) intersect/join. AA is fine when driving alongside these lines, but drops when another set joins them from a different direction. Are there large high-voltage lines near your “drop” spot? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-drop-android-auto-at-the-same-place-every-day/1005953/13 "2024-08-21T14:46:52Z")
I suspect so. It is the intersection of an interstate and a major US highway. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-drop-android-auto-at-the-same-place-every-day/1005953/14 "2024-08-30T11:30:55Z")
Mine does the same. I use (and highly recommend) an AA Wireless dongle because my car natively only supports wired Android Auto. I work in Orlando. AA drops every time I take the Interstate 4 Eastbound on-ramp from Conroy Road, and then drops again just after I pass under the road bridge. I assume the bridge has traffic cams or something that broadcast large amounts of data.