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Are you sure there isn’t another notch on the dimmer? Or is there a chance the dimmer switch could be defective? I can turn everything off when the lights are on, then it goes to full backlight brightness with all of the VFDs dimmed a bit. Then there is detent that brings all of the VFDs to full brightness level. After that, you have the detent that turns on the interior lights. I know for certain my 88,89 and 92 Regal had/have this, as did my 94 Silverado. The 88 and 89 both had the digital dash, and I could run it at full brightness level when the lights were on.

All my Cutlasses had the feature where you could force it to full brightness at night, essentially overriding "night mode" with park/headlamps on. I can't remember if the TGP was lacking that feature or not.

Doesn't the dimmer switch already allow this? My Regal has a detent immediately before it turns on the interior lights where the cluster and all the displays are at full brightness. I seem to recall my 92 cutlass being the same way, as well as my parents old 97 Lumina....so I just assumed they all worked the same way.

So, Wednesday marked seven years to the day that I took delivery of my '95 Cutlass Supreme convertible, which also means the registration is due for renewal. When I took it in for that today, I was informed that since the car is now 30 years old, the state of North Carolina considers it to be "vintage vehicle," and such it no longer requires an annual state safety inspection. Fine by me, that's a few dollars I didn't have to spend today. I also believe the Antique Automobile Club of America would consider it an antique.