Can you elaborate on exactly what isn't working? First of all, what year is your car? When you say "dash" or "dashboard" do you mean the instrument cluster? If that's the case it could be fuses, or maybe faulty gauges, or even bad wiring.
the gauges are all working fine its the lighting thats gone, ive been reading thru post since i posted that and it seems to be common that the bulbs go out n need to be replaced. its a 95. but the real perplexing issue of the hour is in my aunts car that is the same year and model the ABS light comes on randomly and wen it does it cuts off the a/c and the radio, but then wen it goes out the a/c and the radio comes back on.