thanks Gilly,
you are correct to correct me...yes, it is the tail lights on the outside of the trunk. there are two bulbs on each side. The upper lights are for the reverse bright light (white) and the bottom is for fog lights (red).
I managed to get the white reverse lights to work and the left fog light, but the rightside fog light is not working with same bulb that works on left side. Not sure how to proceed.
The car is giving me a warning message "LAMP DEFECTIVE" "check lamps".

ALSO, the convertible top will not go down. This just started today. Could this be related??