brake lights problem

the third(top of window) brake light works, on my kids 96 jetta........but the tail light brake lights wont........what do i look for,and what do i need to do,.it just passed inspection, so either it has a problem w/ a short somewhere or the mech. missed it altogether...........

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RLGIRSCH
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Have you checked to see if the bulbs are burned out?

jetta........but the

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Woodchuck

im surprised you didnt mention the fuse first,.but since the third brakelight is on the same fuse it wouldnt matter mentioning it,.anyway as i stated in my post it was just inspected a couple of days ago and i saw them on also a few days ago, before it was inspected when we were checking out the vechicle he just got last weekend,.and in all my years of driving/maintaining vechiles,.i never saw two lightbulbs go out at the same time.unless there is a problem somewhere, ill check the bulbs but i highly doubt it unless they were burnt out by a short somewhere.

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RLGIRSCH

seems to be a contact/ connection problem on the brakelight sockets/ bulbs works for now so far..thanks for most of the replies

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RLGIRSCH

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Randolph

its been taken care of.had a bad wiring harness on the pass. side, it worked occasionaly till the fix,.works full time now,.my kids happy and im happy,.thanks for the reply anyway,.at least this wasnt a did you check the bulb reply again,.right after i did the fuse check, came the bulb check(duh) maybe some people wouldnt get that far before they posted on here for an answer to their problem!!!!!thanks again

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RLGIRSCH

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