My 99 Ford contour se does the same exact thing you described.. anyway I had it charged it was suppoes to have like 1 p 10 once or something like that of refrig.. it had only 10 onces.. I charged it up and my car does get cold but it still is colder on the passenger side.. its almost like thats where the cold air comes in from. My God the cold air comes from the vent (figured I would beat someone to the punch on that one!)