Product review (1 stars): Loud clicking when making ice
Makes a horrible clicking noise when trying to push out ice.  It always has.  After researching, I found out it is likely due to plastic gears on the motor that turns the arm that pushes ice out.  The gears are going to eventually become stripped likely sooner rather than later, and I am going to have to by another ice maker.

There is a heating element that heats up the ice tray in order to loosen the ice from the tray and it is working, but maybe not completely or quick enough.

The issue is that if I don't replace it when the gears do strip, the ice will remain in the tray, then it will fill up again, overflow, leave a block of ice in the bottom of the bin and then eventually leak all over the freezer.

Since this didn't happen with the original ice maker, I have to assume this is a defective ice maker.