There have been some updates lately. I vote glitch.
These cars stall if you start them in gear (at least with the ebrake set), so no real worries unless it's on a downhill slope or something. I only found this out on accident because I put it in 1st as I usually do when I park, along with the ebrake, and went to get out, only for it to instantly stall. Turned out I forgot to turn the car off first, lmao.Nothing would happen. The remote start function is actually missing from the BCM/PCM of the manual cars.
But I would make sure the stick were in neutral if I tried it. Even knowing it wouldn't work, I would still not have the guts to try it in gear.
I'm not sure it's the same thing. At idle the engine doesn't have enough torque to pull the car, so it stalls. The starter, on the other hand, has.
Try starting an older car in 1st gear close to a wall. And come back to tell me how bad is the damage ;)
I've tested the theory in a 1990 5.0 LX back in the day. I snapped the clutch ratchet at an intersection (pedal to the floor but disengaged). I was able to use the starter to jump start the car and get moving forward then rev-matched 1st to 2nd shifts to hobble my way to the nearest service shop. I must have used the starter 4-5 times on that trip to go from a engine-off to rolling in 1st at 2000rpm.
