The resistor pack will affect fan speed, not air temperature.
If you have climate control, then this may be due to Fiat's (or rather Magneti Marelli's) 'winter warm-up' algorithm. This algorithm thinks that if the temperature control is not set to Lo, then you want warm air for 1/2 an hour, to get the cabin temperature up.
Check whether the temperature control starts working correctly after 1/2 an hour, if you have a longer trip planned.
This happens on mine too (- always has). I don't know if there is an associated temperature sensor fault, but it does seem to work correctly after 1/2 an hour.