It sounds like you have a piece of ice stuck in the ice maker, so you don't damage the ice makers fins by prying out the ice by hand, I suggest you completely defrost it, and plug it back in.
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If you have an external ice maker with a dispenser it'll allow for you to get the ice without opening the freezer rather than opening than freezer and digging out the ice as you would with a internal ice maker with no dispenser.
There is a overflow switch to stop the ice maker when the tray is at a certain level.
It is possibly to repair your ice maker. Be careful of unattaching any hoses and check for hairline cracks in the hardware. Worst case scenario you have to call the technician afterward, but it doesn't hurt to try to fix it yourself first.