Yes, that's exactly how it's suppose to work. As they alluded to above, there's two ways to go from auto to manual.
1. move the shifter from auto to manual (and back)
2. tap the paddle shifter will also put you into manual mode (and to go back to au…
I'm pretty sure that the alarm has a interior motion sensor, which would probably explain why your keys getting tossed in set off the alarm. the motion sensor can be disabled.
The alarm not going off when the rear window was broken is crazy though.
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