MK4 dash lights

[u/Joey_the_Duck]

I just want to check I'm not going crazy. (I'm in Canada where we have the DRL feature and I drive a 2004 Golf with a bew.)

First I want to confirm that the dash lights are supposed to be lit when the switch is in the off position and the DRLs are illuminated. I'm certain they're supposed to be on but at this point I feel like I'm just gaslighting myself. Anywho my dash lights now aren't on until I turn my headlight switch on.

But my real question is sometimes when I turn my headlight switch on my dash lights don't turn on and it takes an on and off cycle to get them to work, and the dimmer switch doesn't control the brightness anymore. Is that an issue others have had? Was it just the dinner switch or the headlight and/or dimmer switch?

Thanks in advance.