Thanks for the input!
I talked with my dealer yesterday...before I saw your input.
They said much the same thing.
1) This seems to be a systemic problem...not just my car.
Then why, oh why, am I the only one who seems to have complained thus far?
I generally have the feeling that if you've got a problem, somebody,
somewhere has had that same problem before you.
Yet I seem to be the only one who has brought it up.
Certainly my dealer seems to have never encountered it.

2) They agree that these units seem to NOT have the anti-skip mechanism
built into them.
As you seemed to be saying....darn hard to believe.

They said that higher line models, S80, for example, have the anti-skip built in. I wonder if they would be willing to fit one of those units into my car.

My dealer indicated that the problem (or more correctly, the solution)is really
up to Volvo now.
I just hope they don't decide to simply forget about it.
Ya know...blow it off.

kjr