It's the swirl arm and links the swirl flaps to the actuator. If you search the forum for 'Swirl Arm' or 'Swirl arm repair' you'll find more information. In fact there's so much information you may wish you'd never asked!
It's an incredibly common problem with the D5 and there are many suggestions on how to deal with it from the very sophisticated to the crude.
For myself, I bought a new swirl arm and the Volvo modification kit which consists of a thing like a nail with a large head and a push-on circlip type thingy which is supposed to stop the swirl arm coming off the ball joint that operates the swirl flaps. Total cost around £10. So far it's worked.
Hope this is of some help
Martin
2008 V70 2.4D 117,000 miles
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