LETTER FROM CONGRESSMAN BOUCHER ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT CONCERNING HIS PURCHASE OF A 2006 JEEP LIBERTY. *NJ THE VEHICLE WAS SOLD BY THE CONSUMER TO ANOTHER CONSUMER WHO EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND SUBSEQUENTLY HAD AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER STATED EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL SHE TRIED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AT THE BOTTOM OF A STEEP HILL. THE CONSUMER REALIZED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN AND BARELY MADE THE TURN. EVEN AFTER THE CONSUMER REMOVED HER FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR, THE VEHICLE WAS STILL ACCELERATING. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE TRIED SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED WHEN THE CONSUMER HIT A STOP SIGN AND THEN PROCEEDED TO FLIP OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV LOUDLY AND ONLY STOPPED AFTER THE CONSUMER TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. *JB