Turn up the brightness of the dash - look around - there is a dial to turn it up and make it brighter
Either the brightness control switch is turned off or the circuit blew a fuse.
a fuse
I've researched this on the Internet and apparently the trip odometer button also serves as the dimmer for the dashboard lights. If you turn it (anti)-clockwise, your dash lights should come on. Its mentioned obscurely in the manual.
loose battery connection, or dead battery.
The dash light dimmer switch is turned off or broken.
you didnt specify year, but its time delayed electronically. Assuming they do eventually turn off, all is well. It's 1995 Cadillac Concours the interior lights, and head lights go out when I cut the car off but the dashboard lights stay on.
Turn on the dashboard lights, and start removing the fuses one by one. When the dashboard light turned off, that is the good fuse. If the dashboard fuse is burnt, start replacing the fuses one by one, and when the dashboard will light up that is the place of the burnt fuse.
What causes the dashboard light to stay on after your car has been turned off? 1994 Buick Century.
fuse,or dimmer swich!
On many vehicles, that means that the daytime driving lights are on.
you mostlikely have a short in the elect. system some where, you must take off the dashboard and make sure that no wires are cut or anything.
Some cars have a knob for the headlights. If this knob is turned left or right when pulled out, it changes the brightness of the dashboard lights from off to full brightness.