I thought it was just me as well...

Either they need to unchange what they changed,
give us an option to turn that feature off entirely,
OR have the camera stay in the position we set it to, so even if it gets pushed in by a wall, when we turn the camera, it automatically slides back out when there's 'room'.

Because of the camera getting pushed in and staying in, having to zoom the camera back out while running has become second nature, but if they'd go with that last suggestion I listed, then they could leave auto-run alone as far as I'm concerned.