The firm has announced plans to recall 1.1 million more cars in the US a day after saying it was suspending sales of eight popular US models. According to an application to China's quality control office, it wants to recall 75,552 RAV4 vehicles there. Toyota also announced 750 jobs could go at its Burnaston plant in the UK. The positions would be lost before August.

The cars in question were manufactured between 19 March 2009 and 25 January 2010 in Tianjin, according to a notice on the website of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China.

The specifics of the recall in Europe have yet to be decided.

Last week, the world's largest carmaker recalled 2.3 million cars in the US with faulty pedals. It has now recalled almost 8 million cars in the US in the past four months.

Last November, it recalled 4.2 million cars because of worries over pedals getting lodged under floor mats.The latest recall affects five models in the US: the 2008-2010 Highlander and the 2009-2010 Corolla, Venza, Matrix and Pontiac Vibe.

Toyota said: "In order to complete work on recalled cars at the earliest opportunity, we have extended the opening hours at Toyota Service Centres to maximise our capacity - and have trained over 1,000 Toyota Technicians so that a swift and efficient fix can be carried out.

To provide you with the most up to date information, we have also created special recall pages that include the latest official news on our website www.toyota.co.uk. You can check to see whether your Toyota might be affected, learn what to do next if it is and hear from other customers that have already had their recall work completed."