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I'll try it again when i'm actually driving, but after having a quick look in the settings menu in the car, lane keeping alert and aid has always been activated.

When you mention of lane keeping aid icon present, whereabouts does it show up on the digital display? Regardless or not if i press the button at the indicator stalk once or three times, all i get is the greyed out lines coming up ( for the lane keeping assist ).

Also when you mention of pressing the button three times, is it three times when the system is off, or when it is on then, you hit the button three times successively afterwards?

Hopefully there isn't something wrong with the system itself, i'd hate to see a ford dealer trying to diagnose the problem.

edit: i assume the lane keeping aid icon are those arrows pointing inwards on both sides of those lines in the digital display?