Thanks for the tip. I ended up compromising; Volvo paid for the new compressor and I paid $180 in labor to put it in. I put them on notice that if this one fails in a year or two, they'll be paying ME to keep me quiet.

Our family V70 has been plagued by repeated AC compressor failures. The first one died just before the warranty expired, so they fixed it for free. Then about a week after the 1 year warranty on the replacement expired, guess what died. That one we had to pay for. $$$ Now, a year and a half later, t...