Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday it will recall 539,864 trucks, sport-utility vehicles and mini vans in North America and some Asian and European markets due to problems with brake pedal pins and fuel gauges.

The announcement follows its recall last week of 76,415 vehicles in Japan because of issues with electric cables connected to the engines, and comes on the heels of General Motors Co.'s recall Tuesday of 1.3 million compact cars with suspect power steering.

Automobile manufacturers have become all too aware of the need for a swift response to quality issues as Toyota Motor Corp. takes the flak for the way it handled the recall of 8.5 million vehicles world-wide.

Toyota President Akio Toyoda testified in a U.S. congressional hearing regarding its product safety last week, and flew from that country to apologize in China earlier this week.