hi i'm new here and uhm i stumbled upon this topic cuz i have the same problem with my car, but the thing is that my odometer backlight is also dead...its been like that for so long and my dad never to fixing it or getting it checked out

thing is... like a week or 2 ago i was driving home... and realized..... the light was on... for both... the next day the backlights wouldnt work again
so i'm wondering if its a problem with the bulb or something else? any help would be appreciated =)
so does anyone know whats up?

same car and year