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I think it's for AM radio. After doing the copper sheet fix in the C pillar on mine way back in the late 200x's it was better but still not perfect. Really bothered me that Volvo couldn't master 80+ year old radio technology. Eventually I saw a reference to an antenna under the bumper. That looks kind of "antenna-y".