Unfortunately, it sounds as if one of the bulbs are burnt out inside the instrument cluster. You are going to need to get a book to help guide you in repairing this problem. You can buy a book at an auto parts store, or you can go to the Library and take a notepad and pencil with you.
you need a new ignition tumbler.
Check the fuse for the instrument lights, it may be blown. Another possibility is that you have inadvertently turned the instrument lights off. You can Rotate the headlight switch to adjust the instrument light brightness or to turn them off altogether.
Depends of course on the vehicle but there are different fuses for the locks than the lights. My suggestion is to open the door so the lights are on and pull relays from the fuse block under the hood till they go out. This should disable both auto locks and dome lights.
The instrument cluster lights have their own fuse. It's a 5 amp at the bottom center of the fuse block. When the lights are on, the radio draws lamp power from the instrument cluster. This allows you to dim the brightness of the radio display with the other internal lamps.
Cluster Lights.Pull the black trim piece off surrounding the instrument cluster, There should be a screw on either side about 4/5ths of the way up the cluster that have to be removed, then slide the top of the cluster towards you. and the bottoms are Popped into place so it might take some playing with to pop them out but just pulling or prying with a screwdriver should work. then unplug the instrument cluster from the dash (top right hand side)and all your bulbs are located on the back..... As for the radio, i have no idea how to replace the lights on it, better off buying an aftermarket or picking up a used one from a wreckers
The odometer light fuse also controls other lights on your instrument panel. The odometer light can be removed by removing the instrument panel cover. Push the light bulb in and turn at the same time. The light bulb will come out. Replace it with a new light bulb.
remove dash replace bulb(instrument cluster)
instrument panel or controls?
There is another fuse box under the hood and next to the battery. This fuse controls the horn, dashboard lights, and the tail lights.
You have a blown instrument lights fuse or it is just turned off. There is a rheostat that controls the brightness of the lights. Find it and adjust the brightness.
lights for dash heater controls
Should be parking/tail/dash lights on a common circuit
Try the fuse box, prolly a burnt out fuse.
The tripmeter knob located near the odometer on the instrument panal can be rotated left or right to accomplish this.
Cluster means all the gauges and warning lights on a vehicle i.e. fuel gauge,temp gauge speedometer, odometer, oil pressure warning lights etc.
You can't just replace the lights you would have to replace the whole control cluster.
The instrument panel lights are controlled by the same fuse as the tail lights which is a 15 amp fuse located in the panel in the engine compartment adjacent to the battery. The fuse is only labeled for the tail lights.