Jonathan . . . The only place I use Bluetooth with the LG Exalt is in my 2014 Ford Escape. I have not tested the phone with other Bluetooth devices.

My old phone was a 5 year old Samsung Gusto flip phone and worked flawlessly. Go figure, eh? Not all of us need smartphones - and perhaps the software engineers have a bias against flip phones . . . lol

It also - pretty consistently - has signal blanks where words get interrupted by silence - and regularly switches automatically to Privacy Mode - plus it has difficulty disconnecting at times. The only way to clear it is to turn off the phone - then switch back on. I've deleted the connections repeatedly to see if that clears it up. Nope.

It's obviously a connectivity issue between Bluetooth and Ford Sync - or perhaps the phone. Any ideas?

Close to taking back to the Verizon store and getting a crappy phone like I had.