Back light prob.

I have a very minor problem but it's kind of annoying to look at. I have a 1995 3kSL andThe pannel where my heat and all those other controls are have kind of stoped lighting up. When i turn on the car lights all the right backlights (heating and airconditioning) of that pannel light up but all to the left doesn't. So half of that pannel ends up lighting the rest is dark. any ideas on the prob. My light just go out?

Today wasn't good now i got a new problem. It was right after school and I was waiting for cars ahead of me to get on to the road. So this one chick backs right out of her parking spot with out even looking behind me and hits me. Then she ran. I told the cops and they cought her. she barley did anything but she dinted my quarterpannel just enough to make it so my door won't open. But it is hard to tell anything happened. just felt like sharing