One problem related to brake drum wheel cylinder has been reported for the 1999 Lincoln Town Car. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
On the 2-19-2008 I was going to walmart,when I go to the frontage road and tried to stop the brakes go out. I went thur the stop sign, there were no car coming . I manage to park in the walmart parking lot. I put the emergency brake on. Went into the store, in about two minute there was a page for the owner of a black Lincoln Town Car to come to the front deck. My car was on fire. It was burning under the hood on the driverside. When the fire department arrived everything under the hood was burn up. The fire started from the mastercylinder. It a total lose. .