If you press either of the paddles, it goes into manual shift mode and will lock into whichever gear your in when you enable it. If you hold the right paddle (+) for a couple seconds, this will put the transmission back into automatic and it'll go through the normal shift patterns.I've had some funny things happen when I accidentally hit one of the paddle shifters. It seems to go in a mode of its own until I use the console shifter to get back to automatic.