I always ride with My Nitro on the large sprocket in front and have zero issues with PA in level 1 or 2 I never go higher than that. Never had a need to go to the lower/smaller front sprocket.
Some times it does not act right and I turn it off and restart it with my feet on the ground and that seems to do the trick.
I once had to take the lcd off and put it back and restart the same way and then everything was fine. Are you standing on the ground and then turning on the lcd and waiting for the bike to start up before you pedal?
It's important with many ebikes to wait until the lcd boots and gets past the start up screen before you pedal