If you're losing coolant and you smell coolant inside the car it's very likely your heater core is leaking.
The climate control system is dual-zone and you might find that the driver's side control clicks at both extremes of low and high temperature. If so that is the override for the dual-zone climate control. Check it carefully.
A search for "heater core" should yield you lots of information about what it takes to swap out.
Here's a good link to get you started:
http://www.homeofsbc.com/Fixes/Heater/heater.htm
Enjoy!
Fusion