Because it is only the one light, I suspect a ground wire is shorted. From what I learned around here, power is always on, it is the ground wire that is switched.

You can verify the power wire from the other side of the car.

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no that's not it but thanks. its strange, it must be a short some where. On the front turn signal, there is power coming from the green wire in the plug. with the key off the bulb still lights up like a parking light.

Is it just the one bulb? You don't have the parking lights switched on and one is burned out? Any lights in the instrument panel, like a bulb with an X through it?
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